self-torment
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of self-torment
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
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Was then not all sorrow in time, all self-torment and fear in time?
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
He found some alleviation from self-torment in David Copperfield, and he determined to borrow a feather from 'the master's' pinion—in other words, to place an autobiographical novel to his credit.
From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George
I, at least, have had to pay dearly for this hobby, and with melancholy, struggles, self-torment, self-reproach and continuous worry it has embittered the best years and the most beautiful emotions of my life.
From The Bride of Dreams by Auw, Mellie von
Do not let there be the self-torment of aimless prognostications of evil.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander
She sinned grandly, but the height of her sin made deeper the depths of her soul abasement and her self-torment was too horrible to clothe itself in the tawdry draperies of diplomacy.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper
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