guilt-ridden
Example Sentences
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They wanted to be a voice for the pet owners swindled by Britton, most of whom are still too traumatised and guilt-ridden to speak out, as well as a visible symbol of the community’s horror.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024
During one scene, in which a guilt-ridden Judas suffers paroxysms of remorse, the lights blink on and off at jarringly sporadic intervals to heighten our sense of his psychological turmoil.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024
The accident left him guilt-ridden, his face disfigured and his career derailed by Junco’s powerful father.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2023
For the film, Ben Hania wanted to show Hamrouni's complexities but noticed she would fall into the well-trodden narrative of guilt-ridden mother whenever the camera was on.
From Reuters • May 19, 2023
In the morning he stepped from his tent looking haggard, fearful and guilt-ridden, an eaten shell of a human building rocking perilously on the brink of collapse.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
