sinful

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The South Carolina secession convention declared the state was leaving the Union because northerners “have denounced as sinful the institution of slavery.”

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2025

In its day, the Feb. 1, 1922, unsolved murder of director William Desmond Taylor left Americans both fascinated and morally high-horsing about those sinful Hollywood people.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024

"Sinful, positively sinful," read an article in the food section of a 1998 issue of Lawrence Journal-World.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2023

Yogyakarta’s Al-Fatah Islamic school was founded 14 years ago by Shinta Ratri, a trans woman who struggled with self-doubts in her youth, wondering if her gender transition was sinful.

From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2022

And it would be so flaunting, such a sneer at the Aunts, so sinful, so free.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood