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- adverb In a
masochistic manner.
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- adverb in a masochistic manner
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Examples
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And yet, masochistically, they all stay with me ...
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Cabin feverish after two days spent almost entirely indoors, we decided – somewhat masochistically – to watch the DVD of Mike Leigh's Another Year, an uplifting tale of ageing, loneliness and disappointment.
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We men—the ones who have got past the “if it moves, hump it” stage—are not unless masochistically inclined looking to spend a lifetime of domestic conflict.
Don’t Bring Home a White Boy KARYN LANGHORNE FOLAN 2010
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"Lost" frequently abused its viewers 'time and patience and, masochistically, its core viewers stuck around and asked for more.
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There was apparebntly a dark, weird, masochistically self-lacerating side to the innocent early-'60s pop.
The girl who kicked the publisher's keister for misplacing an apostrophe Peter Rozovsky 2010
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Never before has a government budget been greeted with such lurid, sado-masochistically charged imagery.
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Naomi Campbell, Gwyenth Paltrow and Beyonce Knowles are all said to be masochistically cleansing.
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Never demand non-Western groups to take responsibility for their actions, but instead masochistically look for ways to make the West responsible.
Carlo Strenger: Jewish Liberals from all Nations, Unite 2010
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They were, however, what American audiences have come to adore in film: the predominantly white heroes fending off a masochistically armed militia with pistols, magically ducking every spray and grenade before making that perfect shot from an insurmountable distance.
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They were, however, what American audiences have come to adore in film: the predominantly white heroes fending off a masochistically armed militia with pistols, magically ducking every spray and grenade before making that perfect shot from an insurmountable distance.
Derek Beres: Christoper Nolan's False Start Derek Beres 2010
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