accused
adjective
charged with a crime, wrongdoing, fault, etc..
self-accused
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a word derived from
accused.
Example Sentences
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Again the voice of the self-accused assassin: “You know me now?”
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Mayne Reid
Now that the fellow had actually gone, a self-accused prisoner in the inspector's charge, the feeling that he was still taking part in some fantastic drama seemed stronger than ever.
From A Master of Deception by Richard Marsh
“Eh! another cup, Ziza?” exclaimed the self-accused nurse, as he put out his hand to seize the tea-pot.
From Fighting the Flames by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
She stood there with her head bowed, like a child self-accused of wrong-doing, with all the flaunting joy of spring tapping against the window on which she had turned her back.
From The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel by Coningsby Dawson
She had entered upon that stage of life where a human being is self-accused for being unloved, unsought,--despises herself because others despise her,--finds herself ugly because she gives pleasure to none.
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern
