1
: tainted with, marked by, or full of sin : wicked
2
: such as to make one feel guilty
a sinful chocolate cake
sinfulness
noun
Examples of sinful in a Sentence
It is sinful to steal.
chastised by his minister for his sinful behavior
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Pittsburgh is among the top 50 most sinful cities in America, a new report from WalletHub found.
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Michael Guise, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
In New York, the story goes that the sloppily sinful sandwich on rye bread was named for the founder of New York’s Reuben Restaurant.
—Terry Ward, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
At the age of nine, Lawrence was in a church play about the Book of Jonah and stole the show as a prostitute from the sinful Assyrian city of Nineveh.
—Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
There have long been debates in churches about whether just listening to worldly music was sinful, let alone playing it.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025
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Michael Guise, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
In New York, the story goes that the sloppily sinful sandwich on rye bread was named for the founder of New York’s Reuben Restaurant.
—Terry Ward, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
At the age of nine, Lawrence was in a church play about the Book of Jonah and stole the show as a prostitute from the sinful Assyrian city of Nineveh.
—Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
There have long been debates in churches about whether just listening to worldly music was sinful, let alone playing it.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sinful
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“Sinful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sinful. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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