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Examples
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AGW is self-flagellatory, in that its proponents argue for privation upon themselves and the rest of us.
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And, because I am sick and snotty and cranky and – consequently – in the mood for a little self-flagellatory humiliation.
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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.
Keith Ferrazzi: What This Country Needs Is A Real Chief Marketing Officer 2008
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And, because I am sick and snotty and cranky and - consequently - in the mood for a little self-flagellatory humiliation.
Archive 2007-02-25 2007
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And, because I am sick and snotty and cranky and - consequently - in the mood for a little self-flagellatory humiliation.
Her Bad Hair 2007
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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.
Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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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.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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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.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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She had had enough of that dark dispirited house with its gloomy, self-flagellatory paintings and its almost relentless aura of doom.
beneath an opal moon Lustbader, Eric 1980
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The female appears insensible to this flagellatory twirl.
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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