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Purgatory, the middle realm, is a place where sinners who have repented—even right before dying, even if only in their thoughts—are sent to be cleansed before ascending to Paradise.—Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 As a sinner, I am only saved through His grace and mercy.—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025 Like Scorsese’s work, Miller’s documentary is both big and small, local and global, and dense with sinners and saints alike.—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025 Structured like a slasher, the film rounds up an ensemble of sinners who are picked off by winged creatures and other demonic entities before realizing the path to salvation.—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sinner
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