pangs of conscience
Example Sentences
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In this dimension, Ibari Waker is an intelligence agent who, despite pangs of conscience, helps arrest pro-democracy dissidents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
What if all police officers heeded the pangs of conscience as Orwell did?
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2020
Marcus’ occasional pangs of conscience aside, our Miami police-detective heroes are not terribly troubled by all the havoc they wreak in the name of the law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2020
And it did look as though some of these global elites had pangs of conscience — or pangs of PR concerns, anyway.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2019
She was torn in twain between elation and pangs of conscience.
From The Daughters of a Genius by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
