guilty conscience
Example Sentences
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Lestat’s figment doubles as his love’s guilty conscience and a glamorized memory.
From Salon ● May 26, 2024
“Sometimes you just have to shame people and hope that they have a guilty conscience for stealing from children, because that’s exactly what this is,” said El Segundo Little League President Jamin Griffiths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
The original guilty verdict rested primarily on the apparent unlikelihood of four children in one family dying naturally and ambiguous writing in Folbigg’s diary that the prosecution suggested betrayed a guilty conscience.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 6, 2023
In other words, “The Magic Kingdom” is not the experience as it happened but as it’s been distilled for decades in the crucible of a guilty conscience.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022
“A guilty conscience is not worth extra food,” said Mother.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
