stab of conscience

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She remembered her own words—"I am sure I shall hate him!"—not without a stab of conscience.

From Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

And no man, retaining from childhood the slightest memory of loving female attention, can wantonly desecrate the altar of motherhood without a latent stab of conscience.

From Highland Ballad by Leadem, Christopher

At that moment, I overheard Sidney ask, 'Who is that angel?' and the term, applied to one who was little less than a murderer, sharpened the stab of conscience.

From Discipline by Brunton, Mary