guilty conscience
Example Sentences
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“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
For the moment, the climbing club is hoping that whoever stole the money will suffer from "a guilty conscience", and quietly return it.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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
Gould reminds us of that by returning to three memorable scenes from Jimmy's past, augmented by passages that may have been fabricated by his guilty conscience.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2022
Mo's guilty conscience showed clearly on his face when he turned to the boy.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
