sinner

The author’s ill-matched father and mother are saints; his stepmother, Raine Spencer, a sinner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"The 1851 memoir, by contrast, was a spiritual redemption story, with Byfield tracing his progress from rebellious sinner to devout and repentant Christian."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

Which is Ridley-Thomas really, people seem to be asking — a saint or a sinner?

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

Chun Woo-won, 27, said military strongman Chun Doo-hwan was a "sinner and slaughterer".

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2023

When at last he lifted up his eyes he saw a new Heaven and a new earth; and he heard a new sound of singing, for a sinner had come home.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

A 1772 meditation about the crucifixion by a man who struggled with depression all his life, the hymn dwells on Christ’s gory death and evokes the metaphor of sinners bathing in blood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

That is the well-worn path of sinners come to confession, or, in secular terms, Whittaker Chambers renouncing his allegiance to Stalin.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025

“Even as sinners, with our biggest mistakes, we always tried to be humbled.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025

A year before news of her husband’s affair became public, during an interview with a local radio show, Angela said, “The secret to a successful marriage is two sinners who are good, are forgiving.”

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2023

Imagine the difference to the sense, he says, if you place the comma after the word “not”: “My Son, if sinners intise thee consent thou not, refraining thy foot from their way.”

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author