Example Sentences

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“We’re looking closer into the meaning of words,” said Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt, an anatomical educator at Harvard Medical School and author of “The Anatomy of Murder: Ethical Transgressions and Anatomical Science During the Third Reich.”

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021

Transgressions are called out daily on social media; no one is immune.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2018

Transgressions that land teenagers at Carroll Academy generally fall into one of two categories.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2013

Transgressions, the selection of his poetry which I edited for Bloodaxe, introduced his work to readers in Britain in 2006.

From The Guardian • Nov. 20, 2012

O God, verily we have heard Thy Word, and we come for Intercession to Thy Apostle from our own Sins, repenting our Errors, and confessing our Shortcomings and Transgressions!

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir