Example sentences for: conscience

How can you use “conscience” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "I feel that the viewpoint I just heard is a very dangerous ivory towerism," said Mastrosimone, the prickliest conscience in the group, countering Helgeland's "be true to yourself as a writer" remarks.

  • When it comes to extraordinary moments of political crisis, "conscience" sometimes just gets in the way.

  • McCue, in a 1995 JAMA article, describes medicine as a "culture of action" - it is better to do something (more tests, another medication) than to do nothing, even if the action is known to have no benefit [ 18 ] . In one study, almost half (47%) of physicians and nurses surveyed reported acting contrary to conscience in providing care to the terminally ill, with four times as many providing overly burdensome treatment than undertreatment [ 19 ] . The propensity to refer to "everything", even in cases with specific known goals, might inadvertently promote futile attempts to prolong life and deflect attention away from patients' pain and suffering.

  • But my conscience is clearer than usual this year--and so are those of 2,500 other economists.

  • The chorus is presented as some sort of collective folk conscience when it lobbies Gilbert to restore the rashly cut solo ("A more humane Mikado never did in Japan exist") of the sad, fat fellow (Timothy Spall) in the title role.


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