Sentence examples for At the conscience of from inspiring English sources

This "post-nationalism" nags away at the conscience of many liberal-minded people.

"When Cesar Chavez marched, it was directed at the conscience of the nation," said Marc Grossman, a union spokesman.

No words of his, now, could gnaw at the conscience of his critics more painfully than those they had themselves written during the build-up.

Eli Pariser and Peter Koechley, Upworthy's 32-year old founders, say the effects have gone beyond simply tugging at the conscience of viewers to inciting them to action.

EVERY so often, tales of terrible suffering and injustice in faraway lands come tugging at the conscience of the world's privileged.

"If people are reduced to eating grass and leaves and killing stray animals in order to survive, that's something that should tear at the conscience of all civilised people".

With his willingness to tailor his political messages to different audiences, Mr. Leiberman displayed a competitive streak somewhat at odds with his reputation as the conscience of the United States Senate, as a politician who speaks his mind without regard to the consequences.

Germany has emerged as the conscience of Europe, at first (but no longer) admitting almost one million refugees -- in one of the richest countries in the world with a population of 80 million.

How kids compare against their parents' level of schoolingSOCIAL mobility, or the lack of it, gnaws at the consciences of governments.

During the pre-vote debate, MPs supporting the bill spoke passionately in the chamber, some invoking the old ghosts of Slovakia's communist past in order to tug at the consciences of the rebels.

That's where theatre artists in particular can get at figurative truths, catching the conscience of kings by harnessing the unconscious freedoms of the stage.