conscience
Example Sentences
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For the better part of a year, I spent myriad sleepless nights wrestling with my conscience.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
It's like they've got no conscience at all.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
I admire the image, but my conscience nags that one should have to trek halfway around the world to see such a thing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
"We trusted a man without a conscience, and my son paid the price."
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
But Miss Bates soon came—“Very happy and obliged”—but Emma’s conscience told her that there was not the same cheerful volubility as before—less ease of look and manner.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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