sin

I wrote a piece for the Atlantic in which I said, “The original sin of AI is granting chatbots the use of the first person.”

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Some believe turning up with an iced matcha latte in hand is a cardinal sin.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Scriptures demanded grappling with human nature, sin and salvation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

In academia, there is no greater sin than passing off another’s work as one’s own.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Unlike most American weddings I’ve attended, Iranian weddings call for formal clothing—it’s a cardinal sin to show up wearing a summer dress or something perfectly appropriate for a Sunday church service.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

But while your brother’s lack of money management appears to have led your mother to make this gesture, it’s also important not to punish his children for the sins of their father.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

For white people who felt no enmity toward their fellow man, but who believed they were paying for the sins of their fathers, he was hope.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Hindus believe completing the circuit carries great spiritual significance and helps cleanse sins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Catholics are supposed to confess our sins privately.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

If she was willing to punish a child for her husband’s sins, would she be any less willing to punish me if she knew that I was where she wanted to be with Kevin?

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

Eve then offers the fruit to Adam, and, having both sinned, they realize their nakedness, are ashamed and make clothing.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

Bless me, Father, for I have sinned: In the past few weeks I have watched the trailer for “Conclave” so many times it could be considered gluttony.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

Even if your daughters are, in some sense, more sinned against than sinning, you could reasonably worry that putting resources in their hands will allow them to support destructive causes.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022

“I have sinned, I’ve broken the law and I have no excuses,” Kreuper said via teleconference.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2022

It was later to become his proud testimony that he hated his sins—even as he ran towards sin, even as he sinned.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

His Adam is aptly named; he’s a biblical kind of hero, sinning and suffering.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2023

Crusaders came to expect standard privileges like the indulgence, a means to reduce the penance owed for sinning by giving money directly to the church or paying for masses or other clerical services.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

He insists he is a man more sinned against than sinning and is working with lawyers to clear his name.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2021

He’s willing to acknowledge that his earlier comments about hanging were “trollish and hostile,” but he clearly feels more sinned against than sinning.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2018

The man laughed and said, “A preacher what owns up to sinning, huh? Ain’t heard of no such man in these parts. Naw, that would’ve stuck with me.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis