self-reproof
Example Sentences
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I answered, grovelling before him, that it might be--it might be; but---- "But--who of us is not?" he answered, with a sudden gesture between scorn and self-reproof.
From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.
We look into our own bosoms for consolation: alas! it is flown with our innocence; and in its room we feel the sharpest stings of self-reproof.
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana
Not as tall as Vesta, not as full of figure, he began in mental measurement, burning with self-reproof when he caught himself at it.
From The Duke Of Chimney Butte by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)
She looked up at him with that submission in her glance which belonged to her state of self-reproof; but the subtle change in his face and manner arrested her speech.
From Romola by Eliot, George
He assumed a tone of raillery, which is, perhaps, the readiest mode of escaping from the feelings of self-reproof.
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir
