It is a more public piece: sometimes mock-heroic, often bitonal and in general intent on offending conservative sensibilities.

Numerous literary figures developed a conservative sensibility and warned of threats to Western Civilization.

Like a number of others, Mr. Leventhal attributed the anti-financing backlash to recent controversial artworks that offended religious and conservative sensibilities.

The group was originally intended to encompass traditional, conservative artistic sensibilities.

Then there's the lavish public spending, which offends the conservative sensibility.

But Wal-Mart's influence is at times more far reaching: entertainment companies, for example, say they edit music albums and movies to suit Wal-Mart's conservative sensibilities.

Not so long ago, Denver was known as a "cow town" where Stetsons, cowboy shirts and conservative Western sensibilities were the norm.

There certainly is a conservative "attitude" at Fox, a conservative sensibility.

The harsh plains of North Dakota, with their sparse population and conservative sensibilities, have always presented a hostile landscape for women seeking abortions.

What I'm about to say may send Shockwaves through your conservative sensibilities.