sinned

Example Sentences

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Lear, though “more sinned against than sinning,” recognizes only after it’s too late the error in judgment that led to the devastation from which there can be no return.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

His lawyers argued that while he had engaged in bad behavior and sinned against his wife, he had not broken the law.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2023

He left the church shortly thereafter, after confessing to the congregation as a whole that he had sinned in such a way that it would necessitate him stepping down from ministry.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2022

“I have sinned, I’ve broken the law and I have no excuses,” Kreuper said via teleconference.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2022

In religious instruction classes, Sor Juana had told how God clothed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden after they had sinned.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez