How to Use sinner in a Sentence
sinner
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Now to the saint and the sinner must be added the singers.
—The Economist, 3 Oct. 2020
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To call a place a hell is to slander its users as demons and sinners.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
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Or at least does not a child of a sinner deserve to eat?
—Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 17 Apr. 2020
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Religion at its worst can be a tool to divide — the saints and the sinners.
—Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
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As the home crowd erupted, Malkin spread his arms and howled, the sound of a sinner who had found atonement . . .
—Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 17 Apr. 2018
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From the night’s saints to the sinners, here’s a look at the best, worst, and craziest looks from the 2018 Met Gala red carpet.
—Cady Lang, Time, 8 May 2018
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All of us are sinners who can only be saved by God’s grace.
—Emma Green, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2017
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In Mr. Smith’s telling, Rasputin was neither a sinner nor a saint, and very much a product of his time.
—Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2016
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Yet God had sent His only Son into the world to save sinners.
—The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
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Pray for us sinners Now and at the hour of our death Steven kept a journal on his computer.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
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On his quest to rid Riverdale of all sinners, the Black Hood visited the Sugarman in jail and shot him to death.
—Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 10 May 2019
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The soul was a thing shaped like a dog bone that resided in the center of a person’s chest and served as a kind of sinner’s scoreboard.
—Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 29 Oct. 2019
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Hal's mom told Hal that the Conways were sinners who deserved to die and that their town needs to do better.
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 9 May 2018
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Plus, the sinner has been known to wear mirrors on the tops of his shoes for wanton upskirting.
—Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2021
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If there are no objections, the sinner will be sliced up and chunks of him will be distributed among the rings.
—Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2021
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Roach connects it to faith; about not condoning the sin but still loving the sinner.
—Ryan Martin, Indianapolis Star, 23 Oct. 2019
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Not just among the other sinners at my parish, but with the characters in the Holy Week narratives.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 9 Apr. 2020
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Like many on Side B, he’s since been called both a sinner for being gay and a self-hater for choosing celibacy.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
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On this Palm Sunday there were many sinners at Amen Corner.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, nola.com, 15 Apr. 2019
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As the world braces for the First Monday in May, here are pop culture's most mesmerizing saints and sinners.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2018
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In No Exit, three sinners are locked in a room together.
—Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 12 Jan. 2018
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The sinner, washed with the cleansing waters of attention.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2017
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Smith calls them sinners, but accepts the financial support the Duchess offers to her cause.
—Steve Mannheimer, Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2017
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Against the backdrop of Zaytoven’s holy production, Future is just a sinner like the rest of us.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 6 July 2018
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But Orwell, who had no use for religion of any kind, missed the point: For Greene, the sinner was uniquely close to and knowledgeable of God.
—Terry Teachout, National Review, 4 Mar. 2021
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Prepare to be pegged by Satan’s pitchfork in hell, sinner.
—Sophie Saint Thomas, GQ, 20 June 2017
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Jesus…loved sinners, people who didn’t deserve it, that’s what grace is.
—Newsweek Special Edition, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2018
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As Oscar Wilde said, every saint has a past, every sinner has a future.
—Fox News, 27 Aug. 2018
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To paraphrase Oscar Wilde: Every saint had a past, and every sinner has a future.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2021
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This epic weaves a rich tapestry of gods and mortals, sinners and saviors, and is already creating a buzz ahead of the latest installment's release on the 26th of August.
—Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
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