conscience troubles sb

Frequency: 6.37.1 per million words

When a feeling of guilt causes distress.

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Examples (10)

  • His conscience troubled him for days after he told the lie.
  • I think her conscience is troubling her about what she said.
  • If you take the money, your conscience will trouble you later.
  • It's clear that his conscience doesn't trouble him in the slightest.
  • My conscience started to trouble me, so I went back to return the wallet.
  • The old soldier's conscience often troubled him with memories of the war.
  • Does your conscience ever trouble you for ignoring the problem?
  • The politician insisted his conscience did not trouble him over the controversial policy.
  • A guilty conscience will always trouble a person until they make amends.
  • She confessed because her conscience had been troubling her ever since the incident.