Example Sentences

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I inquire: "Are you suggesting that there may be a connection between sound health and what society, in its latest fit of peevish self-maceration, is pleased to call viciousness?"

From Alone by Douglas, Norman

Why should I pass my life sadly on in self-maceration and austerity?

From Mystics and Saints of Islam by Field, Claud