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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Cooper’s cop with a guilty conscience allows the actor to tap into his tender side, giving a soulful performance in moral shades of gray.
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Eric Farwell, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
But the mere fact that Microsoft and OpenAI are eager to ink deals is seen by some publishers as a sign of a guilty conscience.
—Lachlan Cartwright, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024
However, plagued with a guilty conscience, Matthew Stuart approached Boston detectives on Jan. 3, 1990.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2023
Out of a guilty conscience, our mother eventually spilled the beans about her past.
—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2023
The only person other than Julien who’s immediately welcoming of Zoya is Obie, whose rich, guilty conscience is desperate to mingle with anyone with less money than him.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 8 July 2021
Every day was a slog through his own guilty conscience.
—New York Times, 1 Sep. 2021
Overshown ably portrays one private’s guilty conscience, and Childs imbues another with palpable grief.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
In the final scenes, when Lucia and Mia wheedle their way into his suite for a threesome, Dom can’t hold onto his guilty conscience.
—Chron, 6 Nov. 2022
Eric Farwell, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
But the mere fact that Microsoft and OpenAI are eager to ink deals is seen by some publishers as a sign of a guilty conscience.
—Lachlan Cartwright, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024
However, plagued with a guilty conscience, Matthew Stuart approached Boston detectives on Jan. 3, 1990.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2023
Out of a guilty conscience, our mother eventually spilled the beans about her past.
—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2023
The only person other than Julien who’s immediately welcoming of Zoya is Obie, whose rich, guilty conscience is desperate to mingle with anyone with less money than him.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 8 July 2021
Every day was a slog through his own guilty conscience.
—New York Times, 1 Sep. 2021
Overshown ably portrays one private’s guilty conscience, and Childs imbues another with palpable grief.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
In the final scenes, when Lucia and Mia wheedle their way into his suite for a threesome, Dom can’t hold onto his guilty conscience.
—Chron, 6 Nov. 2022
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