sin

Example Sentences

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That would be considered a mortal sin by the vast majority of football fandom.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

They focused on people who had leprosy, a disease historically linked with stigma and ideas of sin, as well as tuberculosis.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Out of their victory over sin and guilt, Hawthorne builds the “city on a hill” that the American republic would become: a dynamic vessel for people and ideas fleeing an exhausted Old World.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

He has written an entire book criticizing “the sin of empathy.”

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

“Before this matter proceeds any further,” Lemuel interrupted, “What is the girl’s sin? What is she required to repent of?”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock