| 1. | "I cannot resolve to punish so conscientious a child," said Mrs. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |
| 2. | But she was the best and most conscientious of stepmothers, and back I had to go to my room. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 3. | And with what motive Through a conscientious scruple. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 4. | After the most conscientious revision the book had last year been published, and had been distributed among the booksellers. - from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
| 5. | This type is usually sufficiently intelligent to know the world needs reforming and sufficiently conscientious to want to help to do it. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |
| 6. | I felt a conscientious solicitude for Adele's welfare and progress, and a quiet liking for her little self just as I cherished towards Mrs. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 7. | It goes without saying that one must be conscientious and methodical.. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 8. | "Vassily Lukitch, in a tiny minute" answered Seryozha with that gay and loving smile which always won over the conscientious Vassily Lukitch. - from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
| 9. | Nor are the most conscientious compilations of Natural History for the benefit of the young and tender, free from the same heinousness of mistake. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |