original sin
Example Sentences
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Nothing will ever undo the original sin, and devoting your life to ruining someone else’s is a loss for both of you.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
You may recognize its reference to what's been called the nation's original sin and its primacy in 1932 Clarksdale, Mississippi, where the story takes place.
From Salon • May 2, 2025
If one is looking for the original sin in Red Lobster’s decline, however, a good candidate would be the deal that brought it under Golden Gate Capital’s ownership.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2024
Logically, one has to think so … if one believes that an inanimate object can be imbued with original sin to begin with.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024
When she’s cleaned it up enough, she attempts a bite as if it’s the original sin.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
