sinful
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Whether sinful passions or unconscious destructive urges, distracting attachments or visceral impulses, desire is the daemon that makes us act, often against our own interests and those of others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Behavioural science can also impact your choice on more sinful things too.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
The South Carolina secession convention declared the state was leaving the Union because northerners “have denounced as sinful the institution of slavery.”
From Slate • Sep. 24, 2025
“My father wanted us to cooperate with the show, therefore deceiving Scott could be seen as an act of sinful rebellion against my father.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2023
The men had their backs to Tristran and Yvaine, and were resolutely facing the village as if they thought it sinful to observe the preparations occurring in the meadow behind them.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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