sin
Example Sentences
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But a bigger comedic sin is the belief that viewers will automatically laugh just because they recognize a reference.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
More and more EU countries are being thrown in the public spending sin bin over their mushrooming deficits, with Bulgaria expected to be added Wednesday.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
“Their hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their AI products — a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
In its commitment to unvarnished talk — even if that leads to a clunky staginess — “Blue Film” has thoughts about identity, choice, sin and salvation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
They sat in the back, rigid and uncomfortable, like sisters of sin, like a living defiance of the drab sanctity of the saints.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing sin
"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks
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