self-reproachful
Example Sentences
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Well, why would someone make such a solemn, self-reproachful fuss about a bad back?
From The New Yorker • Jan. 18, 2016
But on the page, she emanates an implacable gravity, a command of literature and philosophy that leaves one riveted, if also a bit self-reproachful.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“I shall stay, of course, I’m oldest,” began Meg, looking anxious and self-reproachful.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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But in the midst of the first self-reproachful phrase the colonel cut him off with genial protests.
From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis
He felt bitterly self-reproachful that he knew so few of the things that would be useful to a castaway.
From Operation: Outer Space by Leinster, Murray