guilty/troubled conscience

noun

: a bad feeling caused by knowing or thinking that one has done something bad or wrong : a feeling of guilt

She had a guilty/troubled conscience.

Examples of guilty/troubled conscience in a Sentence

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His instincts, like his techniques, are relentlessly up-to-the-minute; Orsolya is hounded by not only her guilty conscience but also the demons of social media. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026

Jude relocates this tale of troubled conscience to present-day Cluj-Napoca, in Transylvania, and subjects it to a corrosively cynical twist. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026

The figure will return to him regularly, a ghostly presence embodying Granier’s guilty conscience. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025

Venis seems unable to connect with his son; Jeff is wracked with a guilty conscience; Randall is terrified of his looming mortality; and Souper just wants to be loved. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard is opening up about having a guilty conscience after leaving ex-husband Ryan Anderson for Ken Urker. — Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025