be conscientious

Example Sentences

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So I’m trying to be conscientious of how I help or hurt the world.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2022

If people want to be conscientious about not bringing the virus home or spreading it to vulnerable people, get tested regardless of symptoms, Landrigan said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2021

I like the fact that most natural winemakers try to be conscientious stewards of the land.

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2019

The first step to preventing acne is cleansing your skin of sweat and dirt regularly, which my experts recommended that you be conscientious about doing immediately after a sweaty activity like a workout.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2018

In his speech of 1880, before the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard, Wendell Phillips said—what as a rule is true—that "a reformer, to be conscientious, must be free from bread-winning."

From Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady