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  • AGW is self-flagellatory, in that its proponents argue for privation upon themselves and the rest of us.

    Hugo, Jim and the rest…………………. 2009

  • And, because I am sick and snotty and cranky and – consequently – in the mood for a little self-flagellatory humiliation.

    Her Bad Hair | Her Bad Mother 2007

  • 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

  • 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

  • And, because I am sick and snotty and cranky and - consequently - in the mood for a little self-flagellatory humiliation.

    Her Bad Hair 2007

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The female appears insensible to this flagellatory twirl.

    The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

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