heart-searching
Example Sentences
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In the aftermath there will be much heart-searching and even recriminations that this massive stockpile of ammonium nitrate was left unattended in such a sensitive place as the docks.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2020
When Elizabeth, played with exquisite subtlety by Clare Foy, learns that her pledge was based on faulty advice served up by her lugubrious private secretary, Tommy Lascelles, she is full of consternation and hesitant heart-searching.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2016
It was the wistful time, the homesick, heart-searching time.
From The High Heart by Basil King
There is nothing so heart-searching as this faith, “Believe that ye have received.”
From The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer by Andrew Murray
But the new, strenuous, heart-searching note took her captive.
From Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time by Agnes Maule Machar
