How to Use sin in a Sentence

sin

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  • And wasn’t this the sin, wasn’t this the scandal, wasn’t this the very name of the crime?
    — Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • His real crime is his love for the ideals of the free world, and for that sin, the West must rescue him at all costs.
    — Melik Kaylan, WSJ, 7 July 2023
  • Though hailed and paid as one, Booker isn’t quite there yet (no great sin for a 22-year-old on the right track).
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2023
  • He is weighed down by guilt, and in this universe, guilt, or, rather, sin, is what the devil feeds on.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Guilt, like sin, is the yeast that makes monsters of our fears and anxieties.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The pleasures of Obsession are fully enmeshed with the sins and the tragedy.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2023
  • He's planned a seance to talk with his dead wife, leading to a frightful night dealing with sins of the past and ghosts of war.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
  • In the sin city of the 1990s, casinos had become marked by tawdry décor and all-you-can-eat buffets.
    — Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The worshipful film commits just about every sin in the Big Book of Biopics.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The platforms that control search were conceived in sin.
    — Anastasia Kozyreva, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2023
  • According to Clement, the dead would face tests in which their remaining sins were burned away, as iron is forged in the fire.
    — Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
  • His greatest sin against the current culture may have been the fact that Jeff Bezos isn’t very much fun to hate.
    — Nicholas Clairmont, Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2021
  • In Mongolia, the texture of sin felt less like a crime against God than against oneself.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But at its core, the show is a compelling thriller about how the sins of humanity’s past come to shape its future.
    — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Kids today are dealing with the sins of their parents climate change alone.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
  • For centuries in the West, and still in many nations today, suicide was considered among the vilest of sins and most heinous of crimes.
    — Clancy Martin, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2023
  • But after four years cooped up in a monastery, Mary runs away and heads straight for (figurative) sin city.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2023
  • When Jesus was on the cross, God turned his back on him, the minister said, because Jesus had all of our sins on him.
    — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The church was clear in their belief that whiteness was purity and darkness was sin.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Hartnett: The sins that lead to their horrible outcome.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2023
  • The Sonoran is a special kind of sin, a hot dog wrapped snug in bacon and then grilled, fusing the meats into a smoky flavor bomb.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • In sacred months, good deeds weigh heavier and sins are more serious as well.
    — Manal Aman, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2023
  • Each person has a balance of their own good deeds and sins based on their intentions and actions.
    — Manal Aman, Woman's Day, 12 June 2023
  • The appearance of a conflict of interest is sin enough.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Wash me completely clean of my guilt; purify me from my sin!
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Sisyphus was condemned for a sin, and his punishment was to roll a big, heavy boulder up a steep mountain.
    — Ashley Diamond Elizondo, ExpressNews.com, 10 June 2020
  • Still, many religious leaders consider the use of cannabis a sin.
    — Elissa Esher, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Bamford writes well, which can cover a multitude of sins.
    — Tim Weiner, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
  • When his crimes came to light, some among Iran’s extreme religious right defended his acts as an attempt to purge the city of sin.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Liszt can be accused of many sins; oblivious arrogance is not one of them.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023

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