heart-searching

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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 pleased Medenham to mystify Dale, who was, if possible, more taciturn than ever since those heart-searching experiences at Gloucester and Hereford.

From Cynthia's Chauffeur by Tracy, Louis

Mrs. Caldwell had inquired again and again in that heart-searching hour which had preceded her sanction of the engagement.

From The Torch Bearer by Marquis, Reina Melcher

But the new, strenuous, heart-searching note took her captive.

From Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time by Machar, Agnes Maule