self-reproof
Example Sentences
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She spoke softly, and the color of her cheek, still rising, told of her self-reproof.
From The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman by Hough, Emerson
We look into our own bosoms for consolation: alas! it is flown with our innocence; and in its room we feel the sharpest stings of self-reproof.
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana
When the idea, the mere idea, of her loving him presented itself, from whatever quarter suggested, he turned from it with shame and self-reproof: the thought was in its own nature too unfit.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 by Various
The cloud of perplexity rolled away from Aunt Jane's face, "Why, of course it was," she ejaculated, with an accent of self-reproof for her forgetfulness.
From Clover and Blue Grass by Hall, Eliza Calvert
It has endeared us more than any thing to your good Lady; and your own self-reproof that follows delighted us.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
