self-reproof
Example Sentences
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The cloud of perplexity rolled away from Aunt Jane's face, "Why, of course it was," she ejaculated, with an accent of self-reproof for her forgetfulness.
From Clover and Blue Grass by Hall, Eliza Calvert
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
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.
They were indeed trifles, very trifles; I have since perused them with a blush of self-reproof, and wondered how I could venture on presenting them to the public.
From Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire by Robinson, Mary
"I hope you have made it as beautiful as Elfrida is," she cried, with sharp self-reproof.
From A Daughter of To-Day by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
