sinner

noun

sin·​ner ˈsi-nər How to pronounce sinner (audio)
1
: a person who sins
2

Examples of sinner in a Sentence

even the worst sinner can be redeemed
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The place where Dante cast endless sinners, upside down in hellholes of their own carving, or in the tangled forest of suicides, or with the fratricides in the ninth circle, all of them eternally condemned. Literary Hub, 11 June 2025 Everybody loves a reformed sinner, and his first inquisitors, UF trustees, were prepared to grant Ono absolution. Ron Cunningham, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025 In reality, Phil was more interested in calling all of us sinners to forge a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Chad De Guzman, Time, 26 May 2025 His tenure was short-lived, however: within a year, he was declared a sinner and imprisoned by another Acholi prophet: Joseph Kony. Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for sinner

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of sinner was in the 14th century

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sinner

noun
sin·​ner ˈsin-ər How to pronounce sinner (audio)
: one that sins

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