self-flagellation
Example Sentences
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At what point does continuing to stare down the abyss of this reality start to become self-flagellation?
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2025
The Santuario was built by Don Bernardo Abeyta, a member of the Penitente Brothers, a Catholic lay order once known for extreme acts of penance including self-flagellation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2023
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
“It is a self-flagellation at the official level,” said Michele H. Bogart, an art historian who specializes in public art.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022
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
