How to Use conscientious in a Sentence

conscientious

adjective
  • She has always been a very conscientious worker.
  • He was conscientious about following the doctor's orders.
  • She’s had to be more conscientious about shutting off work at the end of the day as well.
    Danielle Abril, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Oct. 2022
  • But a clock with a conscientious keeper isn’t the norm.
    Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • Even people who are conscientious about their masks, though, have to take them off to eat and drink.
    Pete Wells, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Now that I’m back in a routine, I’ll be more conscientious about things like tags.
    AJC.com, 16 Dec. 2016
  • All of this takes a conscientious effort on your company’s part and starts at the top.
    James S. Cassel, miamiherald, 22 Oct. 2017
  • May all our friends be as conscientious as Chris Hemsworth.
    Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 23 Aug. 2017
  • He’s been conscientious about his health and the work needed to keep him going at this stage of his career.
    David Moore, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The more conscientious people were, the less anxious and depressed when stuck at home.
    Andreas Kluth, Star Tribune, 11 May 2021
  • At M.S. 447, Ms. Rusch is trying to be conscientious about one of the pitfalls of a school-by-school approach.
    Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, 5 July 2016
  • Here’s how to play board games over Zoom, and how to be conscientious about your online shopping.
    Victoria Shannon, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • If one member of the team slacks off, the conscientious students have no choice but to work harder in order to earn a good grade.
    Quanta Magazine, 12 Feb. 2015
  • And be more conscientious about how your own travel impacts the world.
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Your conscientious attitudes will help keep plenty of money in the bank to pay the bills.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The infants had been in the care of Lucy Letby, a seemingly conscientious and well-liked nurse.
    Megan Specia, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The referee ruined the game on a red card that was not ... conscientious of what is happening in the game.
    oregonlive, 26 July 2023
  • By all means, teach with the mute button on through your own conscientious choices.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Bankhead is one of the hardstand most conscientious players at Tuskaloosa.
    al, 22 Nov. 2021
  • There is also the prospect that the antibodies will become the province of the very wealthy or the very conscientious.
    Tyler Cowen Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Then there are a host of factors even conscientious parents might not pick up on.
    Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Remain conscientious when crating them for the first time in extreme heat and, Catchings says, let the dogs pile into the truck with you and the A/C on the way home.
    Matt Wyatt, Houston Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Still, there is a world of safe houseplant options for the conscientious pet owner.
    Sofia Andrade, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • There are still a group of observant and conscientious people who aspire to reignite the lights here.
    Steven Russolillo, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Klimek: What are the barriers to this always being done in the most conscientious way?
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Call me conscientious, call me ridiculous, but these were my thoughts and feelings.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 May 2022
  • When the same actress took off the glasses and put on a headscarf, she was found to be more open, more conscientious, and less neurotic.
    Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 26 May 2023
  • Our books are conscientious of the amount of panels per spread, the pacing of the narrative, and even the positioning of the speech balloons.
    Rachel Kramer Bussel, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
  • There’s no reason for Murphy to switch back to serving up platters of steamed broccoli, especially when his attempts at conscientious entertainment have yielded such mixed results.
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
  • This cultural shift can lead to more conscientious decision making and better data practices overall.
    Diane Keng, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024

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