conscience

Example Sentences

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I am not sure endowing Sonny with a social conscience, presumably intended to point up the material’s contemporary relevance, is an improvement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

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

Justice Minister Akin Gurlek, the former chief prosecutor who led the investigation into Imamoglu, told reporters on Friday: "I simply did my duty as a public prosecutor. My conscience is clear."

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

But Jackson displayed no sign of a conscience bothered by slavery because it was evil.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis