stab of conscience

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At that moment, I overheard Sidney ask, 'Who is that angel?' and the term, applied to one who was little less than a murderer, sharpened the stab of conscience.

From Discipline by Brunton, Mary

And no man, retaining from childhood the slightest memory of loving female attention, can wantonly desecrate the altar of motherhood without a latent stab of conscience.

From Highland Ballad by Leadem, Christopher

She remembered her own words—"I am sure I shall hate him!"—not without a stab of conscience.

From Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.