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.