self-flagellation
Example Sentences
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And at this precise moment, amid a coalition burned out on self-flagellation and ascetic living, a Totenkopf has been deemed forgivable.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
Lorca, like many Filipino Catholic devotees, performs religious penance in the belief that the practice of self-flagellation can cleanse sins, cure illness and even grant wishes.
From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2023
There may be hard manual labor and a little self-flagellation, but sardonic laughter sometimes erupts within these walls, as do wittily barbed negotiations over money.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2021
There were brandished Twitter pitchforks and, from Gunn, sincere self-flagellation; and then, in a sign of cancel culture craziness, he was rehired less than a year later.
From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021
But hey, slipping the note into the widows mailbox had always been more about self-flagellation than brotherly love.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
