conscience

Example Sentences

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"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

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

Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei had refused: “We cannot in good conscience accede to their request,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

I ain’t your Mr. Texas, but I cain’t take it if’n you go’n dish out little bitty hints bout it ever time yore conscience starts to hurt.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns