bad conscience

Example Sentences

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But the “Buckow Elegies” are needled by Brecht’s bad conscience.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2018

But novelists can do things that other writers can’t—and Morgan can do things that other novelists can’t, starting with creating Reuben Bedford Walker III, the bad conscience of her new book.

From The New Yorker • May 9, 2016

But allowing oneself to spread out on a hammock and entirely forget about work, without feelings of self-contempt and a bad conscience, may go some way to saving the holiday.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2015

Describing an abrasive personality of long ago, he offers: "He followed me around like a bad conscience."

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2014

She always had a bad conscience afterwards, but she couldn't help herself.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez