original sin
Example Sentences
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This soul-gnawing anxiety is not original sin in the Christian sense, even if it functions in much the same way.
From Salon • May 25, 2025
“The original sin in this state is affordability,” Newsom said at news conference.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024
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
He felt in some way that it was a kind of original sin, a terrible thing he’d done that spoke to a dark thing inside of him.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
