bad conscience
Example Sentences
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Speaking of bad conscience, all of that happened five years ago this summer, after the killing of George Floyd.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2025
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
Mr. Ackermann says he does not have a bad conscience.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2015
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
Now I was tempted to tell my father that Jack Rose was probably using his money to salve a bad conscience.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
