venial sin
Example Sentences
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In baseball, bunting to break up a perfect game is a mortal and not a venial sin.
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2020
A: I think the snooping for the box after having seen the email is completely understandable, or at the very least a venial sin.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2018
That’s an awfully venial sin, and I think you’ll have to deal with your outsize feelings of grief on your own.
From Slate • Jul. 12, 2016
His self-absorption is at worst a venial sin, and his book's failings should be charged to its editor.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2015
This is an offence that is rarely forgiven by the masses in America, though it is probably the most venial sin that one who has had the opportunities of comparing can commit.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
