Sentence examples for could guilt from inspiring English sources

Could guilt be the reason for the rarity of fund-raising events for lung-cancer research, and could an I-told-you-so attitude be the reason for the relative lack of sympathy and support for lung-cancer patients?

But the Dudleys did not seem to mind, and neither did their children, who were most interested in the various foods they could guilt their parents into buying them: waffles with strawberries at the farmers' market, corn dogs at the balloon festival, barbecued ribs at the rodeo.

Rather than letting them know I was over it, I kept up the charade in hopes that maybe I could guilt one of the girls into my bed, with my wife.

Get it really wrong, like in the repellent Couples Retreat, and the results are downright creepy: only in Los Angeles could guilt-tripping your friends into a new-age therapy marriage-counselling camp seem like a plausible idea for two hours of unbridled escapism.

Let's face it, the leadership could guilt-trip us all into giving it even more aid after the international community turned its back on the country at its time of need during the 1994 genocide, yet it does not.

Although not written into French law, the overwhelming nature of a "crime passionnel" could mitigate guilt however "sane" the defendant appeared to be.

Even breast-feeding her child is fraught with disappointment: "When I was tired or raw or, let's face it, just bored, I would look through a catalog or watch the news while she nursed, and I could feel guilt lurking just below my consciousness".

One reason for the success of his talks was the (subsequently rather neglected) role of his female producers, Janet Quigley and Isa Benzie, who steered the talks from idea to microphone, and not only made suggestions that Winnicott incorporated in his scripts, but monitored them for sentiments that could generate guilt in the listener-mother.

Similar reviews have been announced in San Diego and Riverside, Calif., and as DNA testing improves and becomes more widespread, other jurisdictions will be reviewing convictions in which the technology could establish guilt or innocence, said Barry C. Scheck, co-director of the Innocence Project at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York.

Parents specifically noted that genetic testing could alleviate guilt and promote acceptance of the condition [ 56].

But the 17-year-old defensive tackle could rehydrate guilt-free during the 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. practice and succumb to tempting boxes full of granola bars and chocolate milk, too.