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The self-flagellation was due to his rumored stepping out on the mother of his child with an Instagram model named Summer Bunni, which resulted in Cardi announcing the end of their engagement last week. — Vogue, "Was Cardi B, or Her Publicist, in on Offset's "Surprise" Appearance at Her Show?," 17 Dec. 2018 Chidi’s sins are intellectual paralysis and self-flagellation. — James Poniewozik, New York Times, "How ‘The Good Place’ Became an Antihero Antidote," 31 Jan. 2018 In the context of the problems that Messi and his teammates are experiencing in Russia, the fact that some of Argentina’s coaching emissaries are also struggling will be seen as just one more excuse for national self-flagellation. — Rory Smith, New York Times, "Made in Argentina, and Now Coaching Everywhere at the World Cup," 25 June 2018 Golf is a high form of self-flagellation appreciated only by those who attempt it. — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, "Paul Daugherty blog: A nickname changes nothing about the community. Good luck, Anderson.," 11 June 2018 What had been, for the Greeks, a desire for ostentatious success became in medieval Europe a struggle to control the self through prayer and flagellation—to battle inner badness and become pure. — Gal Beckerman, The New Republic, "Don’t Blame Phones for Narcissism," 7 May 2018 Suddenly, looking critically at stories that forecast our impending doom at the hands of technology or capitalism or white supremacy became more of an exercise in miserable self-flagellation than of actual intellectual or moral analysis. — Laura Hudson, The Verge, "Is The Handmaid’s Tale still worth the agony of watching it?," 27 Apr. 2018 Like self-flagellation, the exercise takes on a reverential quality among followers. — Daniel Fernandez, Smithsonian, "This New Virtual Reality Experience Drops You In Hiroshima Right After It’s Been Bombed," 27 Apr. 2018 The question isn’t about self-flagellation, but about what is whiteness, and what has this done to me? — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, "Tune-Yards confronts uneasy questions about 'white guilt'," 1 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'flagellation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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