Sentence examples for self-abasement from inspiring English sources

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self-abasement

noun

Self-punishment in order to atone for some real or imagined wrongdoing.

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Bankhead's self-abasement isn't moving.

Some kind of self-abasement.

(A lie. Grovelling self-abasement might help).

He smiles with the pleasure of mild self-abasement.

A little self-abasement was a price worth paying".

Aggressive self-abasement, grandstanding, veiled abuse, genuine thoughtfulness, thin-skinned pandering — it's all there.

It's also a chop-licking self-abasement, gratified by the patronage of grown-ups.

Their weight sagas inevitably include self-abasement as a springboard to their new selves.

She conveys Anger, Self-Abasement, Sorrow and Fear very clearly and, on occasion, convincingly.

The redemptive love only drives Terry deeper into his old habits of light-hearted self-abasement.

Fame — proximity to it, self-abasement in pursuit of it — became an enduring theme.

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