Examples of 'scruple' in a sentence
Meaning of "scruple"
scruple (noun) - A feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action. It can also refer to a unit of weight equal to 1/24 of a troy grain
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- Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
- A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
- A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour.
- A very small quantity; a particle.
How to use "scruple" in a sentence
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She had no scruple with regard to him.
And him to get away with a clean scruple.
Oh your scruple does you much honor.
Yet few philosophical consciences scruple at set theory.
I had a slight scruple about doing that kind of thing.
All operated men without scruple.
Let our scruple tonight be survival.
He had no rival in the arts of scruple.
But i shall not scruple to assert.
Do not scruple to invite them on my account.
Conversion of fluid scruple into other.
A scruple is no more than obsession of fear.
She did not scruple on people.
No scruple held him back from making this attempt.
Therefore they do not scruple about usurping other houses.
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We scruple not to plant trees for the benefit of posterity.
Therefore they do not scruple about attacking other states.
This was just a temporary scruple.
His particular scruple in the summer months was the telephone.
The man has not go a single scruple to his name.
I could have no scruple in abusing you to all your relations.
One must have no scruple.
My only scruple was on his account.
Elizabeth did it without scruple.
This scruple is of recent origin.
Had abandoned it without scruple.
As you obviously do not scruple from that type of sick behavior.
And without feeling or scruple.
Scruple to censure him.
Utterly without scruple.
My only scruple in recommending the match to Robert Martin.
Entirely without scruple.
Then I have no scruple in turning you in.
Never in history has a collection so great been amassed with so little scruple.
They even say that you do not scruple to falsify documents.
Watch out for the plants it will eat without scruple.
With a scruple of.
Is exploited without scruple.
The betrayal of France is another scruple which men of superiority leave to fools.
A myrmidon is an unquestioning follower or subordinate who carries out orders without scruple or hesitation.
One must have no scruple To fly high.
I have shown that it has suffered the same precipitous decline in quality and scruple.
The face of a woman that passes without scruple her days at the hotel.
And will not scruple to make their voices heard!
You have no scruple.
Scruple of heart to my lord, that thou hast shed innocent.
Till it grew to such a pitch that they did not scruple to kick one another.
I had some little scruple in my mind about religion, which.
Of thinking too precisely on the event… or some craven scruple.
I am not addressing those who have no scruple receiving Communion in the hand.
