sinned

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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

After listing all those for whom she writes — “for the sinned against and the sanctifying” — Perry called for unity in difficult times:

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2022

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

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