sinned

past tense of sin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinned
Verb
  • An investigation revealed the suspect had trespassed and peered into a home through a glass door.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There were, after all, the men who trespassed, as if my young body was theirs to forage.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Cal Fire’s newest proposal for Jackson, dubbed AMEX, targets nearly 500 acres with a patchwork of small clearcuts and is silent on tree sizes to be felled.
    John P. O’Brien, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Footage from the 1966 Italian documentary Africa Addio, of a herd of elephants being felled by both ground hunters and sharpshooters in helicopters, is distressing to watch.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In Jacksonville, Florida, a 5-year-old wandered away from home in the early morning hours.
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Despite its common name, this creature wasn’t simply a lion that wandered into the Americas.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nothing about the Commission's proceedings, moreover, transgressed the Seventh Amendment's jury trial guarantee.
    Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Right now, researchers can say that the biosphere boundary has been transgressed on almost all land surfaces, mainly due to agriculture.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025
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“Sinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinned. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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