Example Sentences

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He jerked it away with a growl of self-scorn, and went to mingle with older men, to whom, he fancied, the world meant more than young women and old scores.

From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.

She looked at him with disgust, not untouched with self-scorn because she had ever let him become an overpowering influence in her life.

From The Fighting Edge by Raine, William MacLeod

I was obliged, hot with indignation and self-scorn, mentally to confess as much.

From The House by the Lock by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

But the shame that surged over her now was the agonizing shame of guilt, the shame of utter self-scorn, self-loathing.

From The Torch Bearer by Marquis, Reina Melcher

"I'm a horrid little demon," she declared in a voice freighted with self-scorn, but no longer panic-stricken.

From The Tyranny of Weakness by Stahr, Paul