sinned
Example Sentences
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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
His lawyers argued that while he had engaged in bad behavior and sinned against his wife, he had not broken the law.
From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2023
He left the church shortly thereafter, after confessing to the congregation as a whole that he had sinned in such a way that it would necessitate him stepping down from ministry.
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2022
“I have sinned, I’ve broken the law and I have no excuses,” Kreuper said via teleconference.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2022
In spite of the saints, his mother and his father, the warnings he had heard from his earliest beginnings, he had sinned with his hands a sin that was hard to forgive.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
