self-reproof
Example Sentences
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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 Thomas Boyles Murray
"I hope you have made it as beautiful as Elfrida is," she cried, with sharp self-reproof.
From A Daughter of To-Day by Sara Jeannette Duncan
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 Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
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 Charles Lamb
Not as tall as Vesta, not as full of figure, he began in mental measurement, burning with self-reproof when he caught himself at it.
From The Duke Of Chimney Butte by P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman) Ivory
