sinful

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The South Carolina secession convention declared the state was leaving the Union because northerners “have denounced as sinful the institution of slavery.”

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2025

But when I left I tried to explain to him how I was feeling and my belief that my emotions weren't sinful.

From Salon • May 1, 2024

“If you want God to forgive you for all your sins — and we are sinful … then you have to forgive others. That’s love one another and love thy enemy.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2023

Grant appeared to be making a literary reference to the allegorical Vanity Fair of sinful frivolity, but this seemed to be lost on model-turned-TV personality Graham.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2023

She told herself that it was foolish and sinful to look backward when her safety lay before her, like a hiding-place hewn in the side of the mountain.

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