as in criminal
a person who commits moral wrongs
even the worst sinner can be redeemed
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Recent Examples of sinner
Like Scorsese’s work, Miller’s documentary is both big and small, local and global, and dense with sinners and saints alike.
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Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
These surreal, blood-red dioramas depict the gruesome punishments awaiting sinners in the Chinese Buddhist afterlife.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
An unlicensed casino grows up to be a Baptist college, one that doesn’t shy away from its sordid past, as Christ himself never shied away from a sinner.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
The only things shaky about Relish are the junkies, prostitutes, suicidal depressives, and sinners who populate Osborne's songs.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
These surreal, blood-red dioramas depict the gruesome punishments awaiting sinners in the Chinese Buddhist afterlife.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
An unlicensed casino grows up to be a Baptist college, one that doesn’t shy away from its sordid past, as Christ himself never shied away from a sinner.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
The only things shaky about Relish are the junkies, prostitutes, suicidal depressives, and sinners who populate Osborne's songs.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinner
Noun
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Whenever there is American resolve, global criminals weaken.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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And whenever America is determined, global criminals weaken.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Responding officers placed both offenders into custody.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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Almost one month after Guthrie’s kidnapping, little remains publicly known about the offender (or offenders) who abducted the 84-year-old woman.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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He’s talked tough in news conferences about prosecuting child predators, drug traffickers and assorted wrongdoers.—
Dan Sullivan,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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For now, his office is limited to civil actions against wrongdoers and passing information to the receiver and state and federal prosecutors.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There’s also a Nazi villain, a band director from hell and even a Joker.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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Also in the Lanterns cast is Ulrich Thomsen as Sinestro, a chief Green Lantern villain of DC Comics; Garret Dillahunt as William Macon, described as a modern cowboy; and Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe, a potential love interest for John.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Sinner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinner. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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