Example Sentences

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He tended to mask his gay self through self-accusation and self-condemnation.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2022

They’ve avoided the critical characteristic that sets the church apart from every other institution in the world: the capacity for self-accusation, self-sacrifice and public penance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 16, 2018

Luft honors Garland lovingly—the person and the performer—throughout “Judy and I,” despite his depiction of her agonies and his unsparing self-accusation for her part in them.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2017

You couldn’t have anticipated your girlfriend would reveal herself to be controlling and vicious, so release yourself from that self-accusation.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2015

I could hold thoughts in my head besides anger and self-accusation.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover