Sentence examples for moral compunction from inspiring English sources
The phrase "moral compunction" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when discussing feelings of guilt or conscience that arise from the awareness of having done something wrong. Example: "Despite the potential benefits, she felt a strong moral compunction against lying to her friend."
I felt no moral compunction about uprooting the lot of them.
Does anyone think that Abramoff had any more moral compunction about what he did than Blagojevich?
What I hadn't fully grasped the first time was Frayn's suggestion that Heisenberg's final mathematical failure stemmed from moral compunction.
Next, I found a novel in the public domain, a choice which relieved my sense of moral compunction.
In 1945, Ginsberg touted Rimbaud to Trilling as a prophet, "unaffected by moral compunction, by allegiance to the confused standards of a declining age".
They recruited him to push stocks to unsuspecting buyers, Mr. Weiss adds, because he lacked any moral compunction about stealing -- hence the title of the book.
Will Gekko once again persuade Fox to ignore his moral compunctions and partake of the booty?
Certainly, Jewish Americans will find ways to defer moral compunctions and continue to support the Jewish state.
Thompson's Lynndie, however, has no real moral compunctions about what she has done to people who share neither her ethnicity nor her values.
In each question period, someone stood up and said, "Did you have any moral compunctions or ethical compunctions when the judge was talking to you?
Could Claire, the Lady Macbeth to her husband's Iago, feel regret, self-loathing, guilt, moral compunctions – you know, the normal stuff that people feel?
