sinned
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“I am a man more sinned against than sinning,” the aggrieved Lear rages on the heath after being cast out by his sycophantic daughters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Eve then offers the fruit to Adam, and, having both sinned, they realize their nakedness, are ashamed and make clothing.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
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
Even if your daughters are, in some sense, more sinned against than sinning, you could reasonably worry that putting resources in their hands will allow them to support destructive causes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
She had defeated him—she had sinned against his empire and now would emerge victorious.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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