self-loathing

Example Sentences

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Sansa Stark, in moments of natural, sometimes self-loathing empathy, offers mercy to people she should fear or despise, and finds reciprocation in their own warped forms; Ned Stark, the father who surrendered his precious honesty to protect Sansa from Joffrey’s wrath, receives his own posthumous gift: the unshakeable loyalty of bannermen who will die for his children.

From Salon

If we had a public transportation system that didn’t induce depression, alienation and self-loathing and meaningfully breached the seemingly willful segregation covenants between neighborhoods and zones here, you could take a jazz tour of L.A. that would be heartbreaking in its range.

From Los Angeles Times

I too had done horrible things to quench my self-loathing.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Fetterman’s candor about his self-image, self-doubt, even self-loathing, and the awkward angles from which his 6-foot-8-inch frame views the world, can be startling at times.

From The Wall Street Journal

“But if we indulge our own self-loathing, it can go down a road as dark and twisted as this.”

From Los Angeles Times