troubled conscience
Frequency: 6.58.1 per million words
Used to describe a state of feeling guilty.
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- He walked around with a troubled conscience, unable to forget his mistake.
- Her sleepless nights were a clear sign of a troubled conscience.
- After lying to his best friend, he was left with a deeply troubled conscience.
- The politician's evasive answers suggested a troubled conscience over the scandal.
- How can you live with such a troubled conscience after what you've done?
- A troubled conscience finally led him to confess everything to the police.
- She tried to ease her troubled conscience by donating to charity, but the guilt remained.
- The novel's protagonist is a man plagued by a troubled conscience from his past actions.
- Even years later, the memory of the event gave him a troubled conscience.
- Unlike his partner who slept soundly, he was kept awake by his troubled conscience.