guilt trip
Example Sentences
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"She always used to guilt trip us about it."
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2024
She even defies her father when he tries and fails to guilt trip her into not going to Sarah Lawrence.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2024
If the crowd wasn’t laughing, he could lay on a guilt trip: “Could you be a little more quiet? Because I’m going to have a nervous breakdown.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
So it boils down to finding the folks who will see your pitch as an opportunity, not as a guilt trip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2022
Rather than giving me a guilt trip, Diego said, “Any time,” and I knew he meant it.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
