arouse your conscience

Frequency: 4.01.4 per million words

To awaken or stir someone's sense of morality.

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Examples (10)

  • The documentary about the environmental crisis was powerful enough to arouse the conscience of a nation.
  • His heartfelt apology was a desperate attempt to arouse her conscience and gain forgiveness.
  • Sometimes a tragic event is needed to arouse the collective conscience regarding public safety.
  • The lawyer presented graphic evidence hoping it would arouse the conscience of the jury.
  • Great literature often seeks to arouse our conscience by exploring complex moral dilemmas.
  • Seeing the stray dog shivering in the rain aroused his conscience, and he took it home.
  • The news report on poverty failed to arouse his conscience as he had become desensitized.
  • The activist's speech successfully aroused the conscience of the students, who then organized a protest.
  • Will these shocking statistics finally arouse the government's conscience to take action?
  • The goal of the campaign is to arouse the conscience of consumers about the ethics of fast fashion.