seven deadly sins
Example Sentences
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“Of the seven deadly sins, all but sloth emerge from the seduction that beckons.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2024
Gluttony is one of Christianity’s seven deadly sins.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024
Each cone represents one of the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Of the seven deadly sins, envy is the one you’d least expect to see in the world’s highest-ranking executives.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2022
They make in all seven, the mystic perfect number, and over against these, to complete the symmetry of life, were placed the seven deadly sins.
From Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics by Archibald B. C. Alexander
