self-reproach
Example Sentences
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Young Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, is burdened with self-reproach, while old King Lear suffers from narcissism, vanity and madness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
I’m flushed, too warm, I stink, sweat drips, rivulets of self-reproach; he is near me now, dry and smiling; it unnerves me, his dryness.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022
Perhaps it was easier to give in to the sea than to the self-reproach of allowing it to get the better of me.
From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2021
Her Diana needs only the twinge of an eyebrow to register doubt or self-reproach, only a knowing smile and a muttered “We won’t be doing that today” to bring a gun-toting robber to his knees.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2020
At this point he had nothing to do but wait, and overwhelmed with self-reproach and worry, he began to creep and crawl over everything: walls, furniture, and ceiling,.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
