guilty conscience
Example Sentences
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Beer says this is "evidence of his own guilty conscience".
From BBC • May 3, 2024
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
In other words, “The Magic Kingdom” is not the experience as it happened but as it’s been distilled for decades in the crucible of a guilty conscience.
From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2022
Gould reminds us of that by returning to three memorable scenes from Jimmy's past, augmented by passages that may have been fabricated by his guilty conscience.
From Salon • Aug. 16, 2022
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
