guilty conscience
Example Sentences
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In his letter, the tourist with the guilty conscience described how he wanted to make peace with himself as he came towards the end of his life.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
Lestat’s figment doubles as his love’s guilty conscience and a glamorized memory.
From Salon • May 26, 2024
“Sometimes you just have to shame people and hope that they have a guilty conscience for stealing from children, because that’s exactly what this is,” said El Segundo Little League President Jamin Griffiths.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023
The original guilty verdict rested primarily on the apparent unlikelihood of four children in one family dying naturally and ambiguous writing in Folbigg’s diary that the prosecution suggested betrayed a guilty conscience.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 6, 2023
That counselor said ghosts—she used finger quotes around the word—are often manifestations of a guilty conscience.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
