sin
Example Sentences
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That would be considered a mortal sin by the vast majority of football fandom.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
They focused on people who had leprosy, a disease historically linked with stigma and ideas of sin, as well as tuberculosis.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
Miriam is vivacious and energetic but dogged by an unexplained sin from her earlier life—a sin that vests itself in the sinister person of her “model.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
He has written an entire book criticizing “the sin of empathy.”
From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026
How could there be sin in loving Hamlet in truth and faith?
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
