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

“I shall stay, of course, I’m oldest,” began Meg, looking anxious and self-reproachful.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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