compunctious

Example Sentences

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All this occurred in a moment, and it was not any lucid and real perception of difficulties, but only a sudden alarmed compunctious consciousness that filled her mind.

From Sir Tom by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

The wicked often feel compunctious visitings in the midst of their sins, or smart under the rod of civil justice, or are tortured with natural evils.

From Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker by Golden, M. (Meletios)

She has no compunctious visitings for the frauds she has practised, and the misery she has inflicted upon her deceased husbands.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander

Her tears had fallen now, but she had no compunctious self-deception, and her long-framed feelings were only complicated, not really altered.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth

A reaction of compunctious loyalty made my very heartstrings ache.

From A Positive Romance 1898 by Bellamy, Edward