self-reproof
Example Sentences
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She looked up at him with that submission in her glance which belonged to her state of self-reproof; but the subtle change in his face and manner arrested her speech.
From Romola by Eliot, George
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 anything to your good lady, and your own self-reproof that follows delighted us.
From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles
They may ask themselves, with some feeling of self-reproof, whether they should have merited such praise from one so revered, and so well qualified to judge.
From Kalli, the Esquimaux Christian A Memoir by Murray, Thomas Boyles
"I hope you have made it as beautiful as Elfrida is," she cried, with sharp self-reproof.
From A Daughter of To-Day by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
