hair shirt
Example Sentences
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Sam dons the hair shirt in this novel, but his coiled, bitter angst is tempered somewhat by his sense of humor, as satirical as it is self-aware.
From New York Times
You might think of Adam Minter’s “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale” as the hair shirt you don after relishing your brand-new Christmas booty.
From Washington Post
There are no “Merry Lent” signs at the department stores, no designer collections of hair shirts.
From Washington Post
This purge mentality is not new – it has its roots in fasting and hair shirts.
From The Guardian
Finally he wore the mantle of superstar like it was not a hair shirt.
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
