"It was horrible in me," sighed Kittie in great self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [Six Girls A Home Story] Reference
"And you found it wanting," I said in a tone of self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
Was it remorse, or penitence, or self-reproach, or indigestion?. From Wordnik.com. [Hepsey Burke] Reference
It caused him acute mental agony, and not a little self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
It is dark, and he feels a pang of self-reproach at the thought of. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Imagine, if you can, the agony and self-reproach of that bereaved man!. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
She answered the utter contempt of this with a burst of self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
A rush of pity, mingled perhaps with self-reproach, flew to his heart. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
"I should not have let her go," says Mrs. Monkton, with self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
He hovered over her with little exclamations of pity and self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
All this time I was in an agony of self-reproach in spite of my laughter. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
Underneath her stubborn cheer, her genial vivacity, self-reproach was astir. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
He appears at this time to have experienced moments of poignant self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
Sara's instant feeling of relief was tempered by a mild element of self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Nevertheless he held to that neutral attitude through the pangs of self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
Fear, hunger, exposure and self-reproach had been too much for his youthful frame. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
Perhaps grief had been less obstinate, but that I feared I had cause for self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
"And he feels nothing but self-reproach for having urged you to go," said Deena, faintly. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
Even before Miss Frean's lecture Tory had suffered an occasional moment of self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest] Reference
Each letter is followed by some words of tender recollection or some cry of self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
Then there rushed over him a wave of self-reproach as he raised his head heavenward and said. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Repentance, fear, self-reproach have blanched the cheeks and dimmed the eyes of the devotees. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
When this came to him, his self-reproach cut him sharply, and he resolved to make amends at once. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
It was not so much love as the desperation of self-reproach which had led to her foolish consent. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
Do you think that I am so heartless that I can look upon such things with no pang of self-reproach?. From Wordnik.com. [Princess Zara] Reference
As ever with poor Dosia, there was that sharp, unbearable pang of self-reproach, of self-condemnation. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
In the face of so great a calamity she felt, not triumph, but a shocked sense of loss, of self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
All through his dismal feelings of self-reproach, a faint hope of reconciliation kept him from utter despair. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Overcome with self-reproach and profound sorrow, I threw myself on the floor at his feet, and sobbed out my repentance. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
In that shallow face the record of mental anguish was so unmistakable that the other woman felt a pang of self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
"Now you know our sad history," smiled Marjorie, with a kindly attempt at lightening the burden of self-reproach Mary bore. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference
That I did not then speak out, and do my duty, will cause me extreme regret and self-reproach to the latest hour of my life. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
Now and again a feeling of self-reproach came, but he strangled it by reflecting upon the trick that had been played upon him. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
"We must be; we are friends," returns he, hastily, so full of surprise and self-reproach as to be almost unconscious of his words. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
Marjory noticed, with a pang of self-reproach, that he looked tired, and that his eyes had a weary expression that was not usually there. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
She'd never believe -- afterwards -- that I'm as black as I'm painted, and I should saddle her with an intolerable burden of self-reproach. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.