guilty conscience

Examples (10)

• A dying man with a guilty conscience confessed his crimes.
• She couldn't sleep because of her guilty conscience about lying.
• His guilty conscience made him return the stolen money.
• The defendant's guilty conscience was evident in his testimony.
• I have a guilty conscience about not visiting my grandmother more often.
• Her guilty conscience drove her to confess everything to the police.
• He lived with a guilty conscience for years after the accident.
• The politician's guilty conscience finally caught up with him.
• She tried to ease her guilty conscience by making donations to charity.
• A guilty conscience is often worse punishment than any court could impose.