guilty secret
Frequency: 6.26.8 per million words
a secret that makes you feel ashamed
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- He carried a guilty secret from his past for many years.
- She finally confessed her guilty secret to her best friend, feeling a sense of relief.
- The politician was rumored to have a guilty secret that could ruin his career.
- Living with a guilty secret can be a heavy burden on one's conscience.
- Despite his calm exterior, he harbored a deep guilty secret that made him restless.
- Uncovering her guilty secret explained much of her strange and reclusive behavior.
- Their shared guilty secret bound them together in an uneasy and often tense alliance.
- He tried desperately to bury his guilty secret but it always resurfaced in his nightmares.
- Admitting to a guilty secret requires immense courage and a willingness to face consequences.
- What began as a small, harmless lie became a guilty secret that haunted her for years.