pangs of conscience
Example Sentences
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You have no fears, from your conduct, of the pains of imprisonment, nor do you suffer from the pangs of conscience.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022
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 did not experience the slightest pangs of conscience.
From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann
