Sample Sentences for
conscience
(editor-reviewed)

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    On my left shoulder, the devil is tempting me, but on my right shoulder, an angel is appealing to my conscience.
    conscience = sense of what is morally right and wrong
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    I know, you're right, I shouldn't burden you with my conscience.  (source)
    conscience = feeling that makes one want to behave morally
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    It may be less soothing than a sinless conscience.  (source)
    conscience = judgment of personal behavior as morally right or wrong
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    "I can only say good night tonight with a clear conscience," said Anne, cuddling luxuriously down among her pillows.  (source)
    conscience = moral judgment of personal behavior
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    At first, his punishment was conscience.†  (source)
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    The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.†  (source)
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    You got a guilty conscience about something?†  (source)
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    They were struggling with their conscience.†  (source)
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    Am I right in following my own conscience?†  (source)
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    Are you certain in your conscience, Mister, that your evidence is the truth?†  (source)
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    She would like to stand here before him with a clear conscience.†  (source)
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    "Saving you and others like you is an act of conscience," the woman had said.†  (source)
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    But I hope you will heed this: A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.†  (source)
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