sinner
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"The 1851 memoir, by contrast, was a spiritual redemption story, with Byfield tracing his progress from rebellious sinner to devout and repentant Christian."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
At his worst, he was a sinner, like all of us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Camae, who readily accepts that a saint can also be a sinner, offers a sympathetic critique.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
Chun Woo-won, 27, said military strongman Chun Doo-hwan was a "sinner and slaughterer".
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2023
Then whoever it was started to singing “Ring de bells of mercy. Call de sinner man home.”
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
A 1772 meditation about the crucifixion by a man who struggled with depression all his life, the hymn dwells on Christ’s gory death and evokes the metaphor of sinners bathing in blood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
That is the well-worn path of sinners come to confession, or, in secular terms, Whittaker Chambers renouncing his allegiance to Stalin.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025
“People said to me, ‘Well, Jesus met with sinners.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
A year before news of her husband’s affair became public, during an interview with a local radio show, Angela said, “The secret to a successful marriage is two sinners who are good, are forgiving.”
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2023
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
