conscience

Example Sentences

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But unlike that Oscar winner, “Two Prosecutors” has a man of conscience at its center — a confident crusader who becomes increasingly puny in the face of Stalin’s Soviet Union.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"We cannot in good conscience ask the new winners, or the international journalists who cover the event, to travel to the USA this year."

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Resisting its pull requires that people of conscience and others who support real democracy engage in acts of moral witnessing and radical empathy.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026

And as Hilda was, it would be the world’s conscience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

I have an uneasy conscience when I look at them, and yet without any good reason.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque