conscience
Example Sentences
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“Someone’s conscience gets the best of them,” Davis said.
His father told BBC Arabic his son was driven by his "conscience" and "saw the victims, the blood, women and children lying on the street, and then acted".
From BBC
But the filmmaker’s social conscience was evident in everything he did, starting with his role as “All in the Family’s” liberal, hippie son-in law to conservative crank Archie Bunker.
From Los Angeles Times
And though Mike, as the show’s conscience, tended to make entirely reasonable arguments, it was Archie’s insulting dismissals as he called him “Meathead” that earned the laughs.
Alison said she hoped he and other officers "dig down into their memories, be honest about their failings, unearth their deeply buried consciences and tell the whole truth."
From BBC
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