AGW is self-flagellatory, in that its proponents argue for privation upon themselves and the rest of us. From Wordnik.com. [Hugo, Jim and the rest………………….] Reference
She had had enough of that dark dispirited house with its gloomy, self-flagellatory paintings and its almost relentless aura of doom. From Wordnik.com. [beneath an opal moon]
However, the self-flagellatory part of her conscience told her that would be an easy way out, asking for forgiveness's get-out-of-jail card instead of doing her time. From Wordnik.com. [Boiling a Frog]
However, the self-flagellatory part of her conscience told her that would be an easy w ay out, asking for forgiveness's get-out-of-jail card instead of doing her time. From Wordnik.com. [Boiling a Frog]
And just as in big companies, what will assure failure of such a turnaround are hints of the recent introspective, isolationist, protectionist, and self-flagellatory positioning our American brand has been promoting. From Wordnik.com. [Keith Ferrazzi: What This Country Needs Is A Real Chief Marketing Officer] Reference
The female appears insensible to this flagellatory twirl. From Wordnik.com. [The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles] Reference
The reason the award exists is because of a very defeatist, embarrassing, self-flagellatory approach to literature. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
A whopper of a plot twist late in the game explains Pippa's transformation as some kind of self-flagellatory penance, but by that point it feels like an afterthought. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
What’s all of this self-flagellatory degredation all about anyway?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: November 9, 2006] Reference
The worst of it is, that when empty they are keenest after it, and nab it in spite of one’s most frantic appeals, both verbal and flagellatory. From Wordnik.com. [A First Year in Canterbury Settlement] Reference
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