sinning

Example Sentences

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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

She observes a circus of sinning, with all seven of the cardinal ones represented.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2022

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

And as he tells The Envelope, he’s not interested in examining or lingering on his past roles, but he does have a lot to say about religion, taking things seriously, and sinning with bread.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2020

She told me about Hell and sinning and how we go to church to learn how to live in God’s image.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy