Zimpapers Logo

Good expressions for regret/guilt
1) He lived a life of self-condemnation ever since he lost his child.
2) He was guilt-ridden for not lending a helping hand to his friend.3) He reproached himself for scolding the person he loves.

4) Feeling reprehensible for the tragedy, he vowed never to drive again.

5) He felt rather contrite for having deceived his friends.

6) It was an agonising feeling of shame and guilt.

7) Feeling remorseful for the accident that happened, he kneeled down in front of the victim’s family to beg forgiveness.

8) All these years, the old man had carried his guilt like a gestating foetus in his mind.

9) Regret rushed through her veins, for her harsh words.

10) An unexpected wave of guilt swept over Jessica and she quickly suppressed it as soon as it came.

Good expressions for grief
1) No words could express the secret agony of my soul.

2) On hearing the terrible news, we were too numb to even cry.

3) She looked up at me with an inconsolable face.

4) Overcome by grief, the mother fainted when she saw her son’s body in the mortuary.

5) The wife was hysterical with grief when told of her husband’s death.

6) He would not show his grief but only stared glumly ahead.

7) Tears formed in my eyes. How my heart ached. I was crushed I could hardly breathe. My lungs burned as I tried desperately to cry and breathe normally.

8) My heart shattered. My thoughts whirled and I cried as hard as I could but it didn’t help.

9) I was so overcome with grief that there were times when my tears actually flowed down without my noticing it.
10) The nights grew lonely; darkness seemed to suck the day dry of its essence.