self-reproachful

Example Sentences

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Well, why would someone make such a solemn, self-reproachful fuss about a bad back?

From The New Yorker • Jan. 18, 2016

But on the page, she emanates an implacable gravity, a command of literature and philosophy that leaves one riveted, if also a bit self-reproachful.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I shall stay, of course, I’m oldest,” began Meg, looking anxious and self-reproachful.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

He drifted down upon Meteor Island, bowed and self-reproachful, like a spirit approaching the confines of the dead.

From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)

And while I sat in self-reproachful thought, sorrowing for the drink that I had missed, behold, one passed by whom I recognized.

From Pledged to the Dead by Quinn, Seabury