Some of the ancient writers of the Church have not scrupled expressly to call the Athenian Socrates, and some others of the best of the heathen moralists, by the name of Christians.
Earls and archbishops scrupled not to derive revenues from what we should now esteem the literal resources of trade.
House; the earl himself had never scrupled to evince a distaste to the change in society which was slowly converting an agricultural into a trading population.
His experience of men had taught him something of the disdain of the cynic, and he scrupled not at serving his pleasures or his ambition by means which his loftier nature could not excuse to his clear sense.
Finally, Edward's charges against his brother, as Lingard himself has observed elsewhere, are not proofs, and that king never scrupledat any falsehood to serve his turn.
The minds of men, somewhat awakened from a profound sleep of so many centuries, were prepared for every novelty, and scrupled less to tread in any unusual path which was opened to them.
The lords for some time scrupledto pass this clause, though conformable to the most obvious principles of equity.
The extravagance and general profligacy which he scrupled not to lay to Mr. Wickham's charge, exceedingly shocked her; the more so, as she could bring no proof of its injustice.
His dominant passion was the love of power: and the heaviest charge which can be brought against him is that to this passion he never scrupled to sacrifice the interests of his country.
It may be doubted whether there was a single individual who would have scrupled to raise his party from a state of depression, by opening the gates of his native city to a French or an Arragonese force.
For money indeed he had never scrupled to be guilty of fraud aggravated by hypocrisy; yet the love of money was not his strongest passion.
What business had he at Whitehall in these days of Protestant ascendency, he who had sate at the same board with Papists, he who had never scrupled to attend Mary of Modena to the idolatrous worship of the Mass?
Wandering up and down the devoted city, such hungry and desperate menscrupled not to take with the strong hand anything of which they had need.
They knew not the cause of your never appearing in public, and therefore, as appearances were against me, scrupled not to condemn.
Being armed for defence, I less scrupled at meeting with any thing in the shape of man.
Had paper, as well as the implements of writing, lain upon the desk, perhaps my lawless curiosity would not have scrupled to have pried into it.
Ministers of "Consociated" churches scrupled not, indeed, to call themselves Presbyterians.
In short, he scrupled much the harm, Should he with points his ferule arm.
But still he was, while many such as we Would not have scrupled to make free.
As the Duchess had now been married a great many years this was unkind,--but it was known that when the Duchess of Omnium did dislike any one, she never scrupled to show it.
He had poked his nose everywhere, and had scrupled to ask no question.
A partisan of Baliol, he scrupled at no means, however disgraceful, provided they advanced the interest of his employer.
Accordingly we scrupled not to help ourselves from the aumrie, knowing how readily they would pardon the freedom of need in a Gospel minister, and a covenanted brother dejected with want and much suffering.
It was presented in a tub of vile aspect, which one would have scrupled to admit to the office of a pediluvium, and which certainly any respectable scullion would have rejected from the service of washing dishes.
This was none other than John Dixwell, whose name, with those of Goffe and Whalley, may be found on that infamous death-warrant, which some have not scrupled to call the Major Charta.
The gallant Hussar Captain, as we see here, never scrupled about admitting to his closest intimacy a fellow not fit company for his valet.
The Lyncæan Academy never scrupled to summon him from his researches.
Nor was there at length any one of these men found that scrupled to act their part in this terrible execution, but every one of them despatched his dearest relations.
Audley had said to Lady Allington that "he marvelled that More was so obstinate in his own conceit in matter that no one scrupled save the blind Bishop [Fisher] and he.
Spaniards of much more modern time have not scrupled to pronounce the Inquisition "the great evidence of her prudence and piety; whose uncommon utility not only Spain but all Christendom freely acknowledged.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scrupled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
