How to Use moral compass in a Sentence

moral compass

noun
  • Its moral compass is spinning like a roulette wheel.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2025
  • When kids are growing up, their moral compass isn’t formed yet.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Brown will play Neil, the best friend and moral compass to Scott.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 May 2025
  • We, like so many families, were raised with a sharp moral compass.
    — Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2022
  • People have been calling her the moral compass.
    — Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 18 Aug. 2025
  • There’s a moral compass there, and that’s what people respond to.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
  • What’s the moral compass that guides your decisions?
    — Chris Orchard, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Someone to give them a moral compass to sense good and bad directions.
    — Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
  • But the moral compass never wavered, and the love was never in doubt.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
  • His courage, humility, and moral compass are at the heart of this piece.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2025
  • Or maybe there is some friend who has a really strong moral compass and people look up to him.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • In a combat zone, soldiers see, hear and do things that aren’t aligned with the true north of their moral compass.
    — Ben Kesling, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • But in a combat zone, soldiers see, hear and do things that aren’t aligned with the true north of that moral compass.
    — Ben Kesling, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The moral compass must remain firmly in human hands.
    — Tatevik Simonyan, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • The bootlicker’s moral compass is malleable.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The moral compass of Mike Collins, Wynter says.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Dylan was one of many musicians who came to trust in Carter’s tastes and moral compass.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • And this time, the moral compass of the nation may lie not in Washington, but in the streets.
    — Sergio Munoz Bata, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
  • On the other side is Jane’s husband, Lenny, the book’s moral compass.
    — Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
  • Sometimes in books, the characters find their moral compass; in the best books, the reader does, too.
    — David Streitfeld, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Garcia merely thought Davis didn’t have a solid moral compass.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The ethics guardian stays tuned in to an organization’s moral compass.
    — Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • About a guy who doesn’t say much, has a bit of a squint, a questionable moral compass, gets the girl and rides out of town at the end.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Golf has always been terrible at even trying to fake having a moral compass.
    — Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
  • Romance, drama, and stakes that test the Doctor’s moral compass?
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 7 June 2024
  • The former sheep herder has a 35-man army ready to make the first move, but his moral compass is still nagging at him.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
  • While those woods are perilously easy to lose one’s way in, Moore’s moral compass never veers off true north.
    — Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024
  • It should be utilized to shed light on issues, crucial to our collective moral compass.
    — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
  • And for my son to have the right moral compass, because everybody's going to go on their own journeys.
    — Toria Sheffield, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
  • This is in contrast to Statham, an orange safety vest kind of guy with a soldier’s moral compass.
    — Mark Kennedy, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2025

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