grave sin
Example Sentences
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During a public audience last August, he said that "systematically working by all means to drive away migrants" was "a grave sin".
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
I expected to run for my life the minute this dragon showed an ounce of fight, and it never did, and I can’t help but feel like I’ve committed some grave sin.
From The Verge ● Mar. 11, 2022
He flew high; he committed a grave sin.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2021
He suggested that jazz drummers who use the snare might simply be “following orders without questioning those orders” — his idea of a grave sin.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2018
“Petey Thunkle did not use his time wisely. Not a grave sin in itself. But, there was a single critical moment that changed everything. Would you care to hear about it?”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
