heart-searching
Example Sentences
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In the aftermath there will be much heart-searching and even recriminations that this massive stockpile of ammonium nitrate was left unattended in such a sensitive place as the docks.
From Washington Times • Aug. 5, 2020
When Elizabeth, played with exquisite subtlety by Clare Foy, learns that her pledge was based on faulty advice served up by her lugubrious private secretary, Tommy Lascelles, she is full of consternation and hesitant heart-searching.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2016
"It does, indeed, frequently bring its false thoughts in the form of that mystical, heart-searching style which Luther learned from older German models."
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Luther, Martin
They are gods to whom doubtful philosophers can pray, with all a philosopher's due caution, as to so many radiant and heart-searching hypotheses.
From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert
As a contrast to such heart-searching thoughts the patient can wonder at the properties of that radium by which he may have been treated.
From Hospital Sketches by Peabody, Robert Swain
