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Definition of "heart-searching" []

  • An examination of one's conscience, innermost feelings, and motives. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "heart-searching" in a sentence
  • "Further, the God whom they worshipped with the superb and heart-searching language of an earlier age was now conceived either as a just but jealous employer or as an indulgent parent, or else as sheer physical energy."
  • "The decisive heart-searching is the beginning of the way in our life."
  • "It is precisely this heart-searching that is at the heart of the High Holy Days."
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