How to Use transgression in a Sentence

transgression

noun

• Those transgressions seemed to melt away with the deal that ended the crisis.
  — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 25 June 2023
• But most of her fans forgave her for the transgression.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2022
• At the bottom of it is a sense of shame, as if having the illness is a transgression of some kind.
  — Greg Jefferson, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Dec. 2021
• If this sounds like one more mechanism of transgression, that is, of course, the whole idea.
  — David L. Ulin, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
• Here’s the thing: In the grand scheme of the 2020 campaign, these transgressions by Biden are pretty minor.
  — NBC News, 6 June 2019
• The latest transgression by the transgressor in chief just doesn’t seem to move the needle.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 2 May 2018
• His transgressions are nowhere close to being as bad as Hill’s.
  — Eddie Brown, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• This could suggest that the league hasn’t proved Kane is guilty of a transgression that rises to a felony level.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2021
• On the Jewish day of repentance, Heard on the Street's mind was fixed on transgressions that took place two and a half decades ago.
  — WSJ, 26 Sep. 2023
• The global South can be used as a bellwether to assess the effects of these transgressions.
  — Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
• Look at someone like John Waters, who used to be on the far reaches in the orbits of transgression.
  — Anna Peele, GQ, 14 June 2018
• Most are the kind of youthful transgressions that could happen to anyone.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
• The transgression put the Chiefs on the doorstep of victory and will go down as one of the most costly penalties in NFL history.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
• On this Jewish day of repentance, Heard on the Street's mind was fixed on transgressions that took place two and a half decades ago.
  — WSJ, 25 Sep. 2023
• In this case, Cuban’s transgressions would be more along the lines of omissions rather than actions or statements.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• Take a stand while at the Games and be questioned for not staying home, or say nothing and be party to transgression.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2021
• If not for his off-field transgressions, though, Elliott is more than worth a new contract.
  — Nick Talbot, ExpressNews.com, 10 Aug. 2019
• The transgression could be traced back to the par-three fourth hole at Riviera Country Club, when Spieth tapped home for his first bogey of the day.
  — Jack Bantock, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
• The transgressions feel more severe, and, it must be said, more exciting.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• The entire act of being the baby child of 12 and telling this story felt like a major transgression.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2019
• The transgressions among Colts players have been wide-ranging.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
• Why are the consequences greater in the Book of Numbers, when the transgressions seem so similar?
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024
• But this year, how about avoiding one of the most common Turkey Day transgressions?
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 13 July 2023
• But much of the appeal of TikTok resides in its patina of transgression.
  — Elizabeth C. Tippett, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2020
• Almost on a whim, Paul accepts, and small transgressions soon give way to larger ones.
  — The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
• In a way, Finkel’s subsequent career makes sense; again and again, he is drawn to stories of men and their transgressions.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• For all his transgressions, at least Richard Nixon resigned.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 May 2024
• However, if there were no speeding laws at all how much worse would the transgressions be?
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2020
• And perhaps how the husband’s transgression can bring them closer to a newfound peace.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024
• That provision is intended to lift the veil of secrecy that has allowed scientists to hide their past transgressions when applying for a new job.
  — Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024