compunctious

Example Sentences

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She has no compunctious visitings for the frauds she has practised, and the misery she has inflicted upon her deceased husbands.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander

A reaction of compunctious loyalty made my very heartstrings ache.

From A Positive Romance 1898 by Bellamy, Edward

Miss Colishaw's grim indignation, Mrs. Joy's cool audacity, her own compunctious helplessness,—all were indicated in turn.

From A Little Country Girl by Coolidge, Susan

She must have gone indoors, they concluded, and Esther began to feel very compunctious for having left her alone so long.

From The Carroll Girls by Quiller-Couch, Mabel

The wife felt compunctious visitings, and so the husband might say his say without loss of dignity.

From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis