guilt

Definition:
1. The state of having committed an offense.
2. Remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offence.

Use 'guilt' in a sentence:

• 1. He was shocked into a confession of guilt.
• 2. Some cancer patients experience strong feelings of guilt.
• 3. Her behaviour is tied up with her feelings of guilt.
• 4. The associative guilt was ingrained in his soul.
• 5. Stop laying a guilt trip on me.
• 6. He refused to admit his guilt.
• 7. He stoutly denied his guilt.
• 8. Guilt was written all over his face.
• 9. She was ridden with guilt.
• 10. She wanted some admission of guilt from her father.
• 11. His creative drive has been strangled by his sense of political guilt.
• 12. Her emotions had ranged from anger to guilt in the space of a few seconds.
• 13. Feelings of guilt seared him.
• 14. Many survivors were left with a sense of guilt.
• 15. For a moment she felt a pang of guilt about the way she was treating him.
• 16. She had feelings of guilt about leaving her children and going to work.
• 17. Love and guilt form the substance of his new book.
• 18. Nothing could purge the guilt from her mind.
• 19. For years she was haunted by guilt.
• 20. He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt.
• 21. The trial is concerned only with the determination of guilt according to criminal law.
• 22. She was overwhelmed by feelings of guilt.
• 23. The investigation will try to find out where the guilt for the disaster really lies.
• 24. She was pierced to the heart with guilt.
• 25. In the first week of January, thousands of guilt-ridden people signed up for fitness courses or embarked on diets.
• 26. His guilt was proved beyond all doubt by the prosecution.
• 27. Carolyn was consumed with guilt.
• 28. The company's silence on the subject has been taken as an admission of guilt.
• 29. We must presume innocence until we have proof of guilt.
• 30. Her disappearance and death would give proof enough of Charles' guilt.
• 31. They feel shame and guilt as though it is their fault.
• 32. The burden of guilt weighed heavily on his mind.
• 33. He is weighed down with guilt.
• 34. A feeling of guilt began to stir in her.
• 35. We have abundant evidence to prove his guilt.
• 36. We're so laden with guilt.
• 37. New evidence has cast doubt on the guilt of the man jailed for the crime.
• 38. The defendants decide to admit their guilt, but insist that there are extenuating circumstances.
• 39. When your child is struggling for life, you feel this overwhelming sense of guilt.
• 40. Guilt is the secret weapon for the control of children.