How to Use transgression in a Sentence

transgression

noun

• But most of her fans forgave her for the transgression.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2022
• Those transgressions seemed to melt away with the deal that ended the crisis.
  — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 25 June 2023
• 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
• The latest transgression by the transgressor in chief just doesn’t seem to move the needle.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 2 May 2018
• The most likely punishment for that transgression is a fine.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
• If this sounds like one more mechanism of transgression, that is, of course, the whole idea.
  — David L. Ulin, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
• His transgressions are nowhere close to being as bad as Hill’s.
  — Eddie Brown, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• This is a time when past transgressions could be brought up and mistakes may have consequences.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 16 Oct. 2019
• But even that transgression was unlikely to lead to an arrest.
  — New York Times, 22 Mar. 2020
• This is the type of guitar solo that expunges all transgressions from the permanent record.
  — Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
• However, if there were no speeding laws at all how much worse would the transgressions be?
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2020
• 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
• By themselves these transgressions would not have been worth noting.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 30 July 2019
• What is interesting to you about those kinds of transgressions?
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 3 Apr. 2018
• Some figures do so leaning on their back heel, uneasy at the transgression.
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
• The fifth case involved a scientist whose transgressions may not be serious enough to be fired.
  — New York Times, 4 Nov. 2019
• Aside from the greater transgression of belittling people in the act of wishing her well, your neighbor is just wrong.
  — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022
• Suspending someone for a game, two games, a week over a transgression?
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
• The transgressions feel more severe, and, it must be said, more exciting.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• And yet, many still insist, helping patients die is not the right way to atone for this historic transgression.
  — Katie Engelhart, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2021
• Kearse’s transgression may have cost him millions over his career.
  — Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 2 Nov. 2019
• 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
• And if the companies break the rules, they’re expected to report their own transgression.
  — Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 2 May 2023
• Every county has discretion on what transgressions can make the list.
  — Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com, 10 Oct. 2019
• Punishment for these and other transgressions has been mild.
  — The Economist, 20 Feb. 2018
• And for many cars with rear ends of various slopes, a missing wiper is hardly a major transgression.
  — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 16 Mar. 2023
• Among his transgressions: making a funny face at a classmate.
  — Time, 14 Dec. 2017
• These insights extended even to his way of speaking about his transgression.
  — Orna Guralnik, New York Times, 16 May 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
• Those in charge could be less forgiving of minor transgressions than your co-workers.
  — Magi Helena, oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024