self-reproof
Example Sentences
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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
She sighed a little as she sat there on the modelling platform; and then there came again that little smile of self-reproof, and with it a chiding shake of her head.
From The Belovéd Traitor by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
He assumed a tone of raillery, which is, perhaps, the readiest mode of escaping from the feelings of self-reproof.
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir
“Why did I not recognise you immediately?” she demanded of herself, frowning in self-reproof.
From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
"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
