compunctious

Example Sentences

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"I am late!" she said with a compunctious glance at the clock.

From Say and Seal, Volume I by Warner, Susan

She felt compunctious, even inclined to act on the other’s warning and advice.

From The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising by Mitford, Bertram

A reaction of compunctious loyalty made my very heartstrings ache.

From A Positive Romance 1898 by Bellamy, Edward

Any confusion attaching to this adventure, however, dropped from Kate, whom, as he could see with sacred joy, it must take more than that to make compunctious.

From The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by James, Henry

The unacknowledged yearnings of nature, excited by his resemblance to his father, made him wish to save his life, while the compunctious visitings of mercy were again repressed by terror for his own.

From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by West, Jane