self-convicted
- a word derived from convicted.
Example Sentences
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Goyen's considerable art has in it something of the exotic fantasy of Ronald Firbank and something of the rough native humor of Ring Lardner�that cruel popular satirist who asked nobody to love his self-convicted subjects.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Then I hold you self-convicted, my boy,” exclaimed Jack; “for you have often called me a beast.”
From The Gorilla Hunters by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Luke stood accused, almost self-convicted, of a horrible crime, and there were thousands, nay millions, of people who didn't even care!
From The Heart of a Woman by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
So saying, on the fox he flies, The self-convicted felon dies.
From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by Gay, John
He stood speechless, motionless, self-convicted; and had all lain with him, all had been known.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.
