sinner

Example Sentences

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Perhaps people who we hero worship are not quite as — you know, in every saint, there is a speck of dust and every sinner a spark of gold.

From Salon

Asked if the church doesn’t also need to call sinners to repentance, Mr. Curry said a call to love was exactly that.

From Washington Times

Distinctions between sinners and saints are muddled throughout Ruffin’s book, excusing him from casting judgment on his characters.

From Los Angeles Times

A friend injects the fentanyl into Barnes’s neck above a chest tattoo that quotes a Billy Joel lyric: “I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.”

From Washington Post

"A religious leader is not God. He doesn't determine who's a sinner, and who deserves and doesn't deserve forgiveness," Tohan said.

From Salon