self-castigation
Example Sentences
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His pouty Elvis face folded into a frown of self-castigation.
From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2018
Reflecting on this controversy need not lead only to self-castigation.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2016
For a time he would be the grim Protestant Flagellant, pursuing the idea of self-castigation.
From The Ragged Edge by MacGrath, Harold
In its streets are "penitents," wandering, in sackcloth and sandals, with a downcast look and a rope for self-castigation, among soldiers in new French uniforms and ladies in the latest Paris fashions.
From Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Wilson, Robert A.
It would be quite enough to bring the dawning of a new day for Christianity if this self-castigation of the Churches were only a self-criticism.
From The Agony of the Church (1917) by Velimirović, Nikolai
