No compunctious visitings of conscience seem to have haunted her. From Wordnik.com. [Notable Women of Olden Time] Reference
Michael sat, compunctious, watching him tick down a long page of entries. From Wordnik.com. [The White Monkey] Reference
His reflections were not altogether satisfactory, and kindled a few compunctious thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue] Reference
There are others who scorn such compunctious visitations, and set all laws of conscience at defiance. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827] Reference
But forget not that nature has her "compunctious visitings," and will rise up in insurrection against you. From Wordnik.com. [Life: Its True Genesis] Reference
And from the nursery window Fleur would see him, departing at his glum and measured gait, with a compunctious relief. From Wordnik.com. [Swan Song] Reference
QUOTATION: That no compunctious visitings of nature. From Wordnik.com. [Quotations] Reference
But your friend will have no such compunctious visitings. From Wordnik.com. [St. Ronan's Well] Reference
"I am late!" she said with a compunctious glance at the clock. From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume I] Reference
Gregory bore himself to Catherine with compunctious deference. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of Catherine Benincasa] Reference
A reaction of compunctious loyalty made my very heartstrings ache. From Wordnik.com. [A Positive Romance 1898] Reference
June was instantly compunctious; she ran to her aunt and kissed her. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference
At length a compunctious visiting shoots across the mind of the truant composer. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Italian and French Composers]
He sat and looked at her for some moments with an expression partly complacent and partly compunctious. From Wordnik.com. [Strangers at Lisconnel] Reference
My firm resolution to hit my antagonist was now confirmed, and no compunctious visitings unnerved my arm. From Wordnik.com. [Charles O'Malley — Volume 1] Reference
He jumped up and caught her in his arms; his face was so comically compunctious that she calmed down at once. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond] Reference
I tried to take the long-hoarded sting out of these compunctious smarts by attending divine service in the open air. From Wordnik.com. [Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches] Reference
I felt compunctious for having suspected him of coldness, and asked him forgiveness for having ever doubted his friendship. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of a Traveller] Reference
Miss Colishaw's grim indignation, Mrs. Joy's cool audacity, her own compunctious helplessness, -- all were indicated in turn. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Country Girl] Reference
The honest man was full of compunctious distress at the sight of the suffering his breach of custom had so cruelly prolonged. From Wordnik.com. [St. George and St. Michael Volume II] Reference
And curious were her feelings -- light-hearted, compunctious, as of one who escapes yet knows she will soon be seeking to return. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond] Reference
He looked after her, distressed, compunctious, half-ashamed, and he exclaimed to himself -- 'The bloody brute, the bloody brute!'. From Wordnik.com. [A London Life and Other Tales] Reference
"compunctious visitings" could have led to no consequences capable of alarming her. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth] Reference
"compunctious visitings," or because he was "too full o 'the milk of human kindness.". From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4] Reference
I don't find fault with you -- I love you, "said Gwendolen, really compunctious. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Deronda] Reference
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