Example Sentences

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That had plainly been dashed off in an impulse which second thoughts had somewhat regretted; thoughts that were possibly of his recent self-disgrace.

From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas

But when a regiment has no traditionary honors to guard, it lacks a powerful deterrent from self-disgrace.

From Border and Bastille by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)