pangs of conscience
Example Sentences
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Just as important, the ethos governing professional circles effectively shields their members from pangs of conscience.
From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 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
After all, pangs of conscience about climate change didn’t stop millions of us taking cheap no-frills flights back in the days when it was easyJet that was disrupting the holiday market.
From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2018
Our priests whisper that it is pangs of conscience for secret crimes.
From The Scarlet Banner by Dahn, Felix