self-reproach
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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
Do you think all this self-reproach is useful, Mark?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2025
“The play grew out of the related self-reproach about seeing my life as a charmed life,” Stoppard said during our long conversation.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2022
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
There was no self-reproach, no uneasiness in those eyes.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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