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sinful

[sin-fuhl] / ˈsɪn fəl /


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Whether sinful passions or unconscious destructive urges, distracting attachments or visceral impulses, desire is the daemon that makes us act, often against our own interests and those of others.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

Behavioural science can also impact your choice on more sinful things too.

From BBC Jan. 28, 2026

The Southern Baptist Convention passed resolutions through the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s that declared gambling sinful and urged the government to reject its normalization.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2025

In its day, the Feb. 1, 1922, unsolved murder of director William Desmond Taylor left Americans both fascinated and morally high-horsing about those sinful Hollywood people.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2024

She pictured Grandfather, the blue-veined hands caressing the leather bindings, and she knew that he had not cherished his books with any thought of improving his sinful nature.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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