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
• 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
• 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 transgressions among Colts players have been wide-ranging.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 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
• However, if there were no speeding laws at all how much worse would the transgressions be?
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2020
• The most likely punishment for that transgression is a fine.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
• This is a time when past transgressions could be brought up and mistakes may have consequences.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 16 Oct. 2019
• Centuries ago, a violent transgression forced the then-king of Aurea to make a pact with a dragon.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
• 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
• 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
• The Celtics, meanwhile, are guilty of a different transgression.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2022
• Some figures do so leaning on their back heel, uneasy at the transgression.
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
• Suspending someone for a game, two games, a week over a transgression?
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Apr 2024