lingering guilt
Frequency: 6.58.5 per million words
guilt that continues for a long time
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Examples (20)
- She felt a sense of lingering guilt about leaving her parents behind.
- The lingering guilt from her past mistake continued to haunt her.
- Despite his success, he couldn't shake the lingering guilt from his past mistakes.
- Despite his apology, a sense of lingering guilt remained in his heart.
- The lingering guilt over the accident haunted him for years.
- She tried to shake off the lingering guilt but it clung to her.
- Therapy helped her process the lingering guilt she carried since childhood.
- The accident left him with a deep, lingering guilt for years.
- There was a lingering guilt in his eyes when he spoke about his brother.
- He confessed his secret, hoping to alleviate his lingering guilt.
- He tried to ignore the lingering guilt gnawing at his conscience.
- There was a palpable sense of lingering guilt in the room after the argument.
- Many survivors experience lingering guilt long after the traumatic event.
- Even after all these years, the lingering guilt of that decision still affects him.
- I still have some lingering guilt for not being there when she needed me.
- The protagonist's journey was driven by a powerful lingering guilt.
- The letter was an attempt to resolve his lingering guilt.
- Her compassionate nature made the lingering guilt even harder to bear.
- A feeling of lingering guilt prevented her from enjoying her new life.
- Only true forgiveness could release him from the burden of lingering guilt.