self-reproach
noun
blame or censure by one's own conscience.
self-reproachfully
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a word derived from
self-reproach.
Example Sentences
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You are suddenly grateful for those panes of glass; you may also think, perhaps self-reproachfully, of the distance and closeness of what we watch on television and computer screens.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2012
I have not seen her or spoken with her," said Marie self-reproachfully, "since she vexed me so sorely about her child.
From The Lady of Fort St. John by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
She had phrased it once self-reproachfully by saying to herself that she "never could rememberhim," so completely did the sight of him supersede the counterfeit about which her fancy wove its perpetual wonders.
From Tales of Men and Ghosts by Edith Wharton
"It was more than stupid of me to blunder into the story," Gifford said self-reproachfully.
From The Hunt Ball Mystery by William Magnay
I turned sick at heart when the question occurred to me, and when I felt self-reproachfully that it was asked too late.
From The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
