sinful

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Nevertheless, some of his more proximate misdeeds are effectively used to make clear that Mantel's antihero is, in the denouement of his life, fully alert to his sinful state.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

The Talmud instructs Jews that there are three things so sinful that the ancient rabbis decided one should prefer death to doing them: sex crimes, idol worship, and—last but most important—bloodshed.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2023

“If you want God to forgive you for all your sins — and we are sinful … then you have to forgive others. That’s love one another and love thy enemy.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2023

“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

She spent her free hours in the library, so wondrously well lit; the sweep of computers, the large, clean, airy reading spaces, the welcoming brightness of it all, seemed like a sinful decadence.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie