How to Use sinner in a Sentence

sinner

noun
  • To call a place a hell is to slander its users as demons and sinners.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Her message to the rest of us sinners is simple.
    — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Religion at its worst can be a tool to divide — the saints and the sinners.
    — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Far too pure for the sinners who run this godless theocracy.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • For the average sinner, that’s closer to the truth.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Roach connects it to faith; about not condoning the sin but still loving the sinner.
    — Ryan Martin, Indianapolis Star, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Plus, the sinner has been known to wear mirrors on the tops of his shoes for wanton upskirting.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2021
  • If there are no objections, the sinner will be sliced up and chunks of him will be distributed among the rings.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Because lemme tell ya, there are new sinners inducted every day.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Yet God had sent His only Son into the world to save sinners.
    — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Pray for us sinners Now and at the hour of our death Steven kept a journal on his computer.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The soul was a thing shaped like a dog bone that resided in the center of a person’s chest and served as a kind of sinner’s scoreboard.
    — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 29 Oct. 2019
  • That relationship was based on sinners confessing their sins to this vicar.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 June 2026
  • Hal's mom told Hal that the Conways were sinners who deserved to die and that their town needs to do better.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 9 May 2018
  • Yet again in the City of Angels, the Nuggets were first-half sinners and second-half saints.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • As Oscar Wilde said, every saint has a past, every sinner has a future.
    — Fox News, 27 Aug. 2018
  • One of my grandsons believes that his denomination is the only one and the rest of us are all sinners.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Dallas Morning News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Smith calls them sinners, but accepts the financial support the Duchess offers to her cause.
    — Steve Mannheimer, Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2017
  • God took the lowly form of man not only to be more relatable to us, but to save sinners, like me, who have no eternal redeemer.
    — Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Was abolitionist John Brown a psychopath, a sinner or a saint?
    — William Nash, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Francis demanded that his church not hold fast to rigid doctrine but instead seek out the sinners and outcasts and welcome them in.
    — Nicole Winfield, chicagotribune.com, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Serious sinners and penitents began a public penance on the first day of Lent.
    — Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Serious sinners and penitents began a public penance on the first day of Lent.
    — Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Serious sinners and penitents began a public penance on the first day of Lent.
    — Chris Sims, IndyStar, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Serious sinners and penitents began a public penance on the first day of Lent.
    — Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Not just among the other sinners at my parish, but with the characters in the Holy Week narratives.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 9 Apr. 2020
  • More joy in Heaven over one sinner who repents than ninety-nine righteous people who’ve got nothing to repent.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Against the backdrop of Zaytoven’s holy production, Future is just a sinner like the rest of us.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 6 July 2018
  • The list of sinners pointed out in spasms of virtue-signaling, just as witches were pointed out hundreds of years ago in Salem, is endless.
    — John Kass, Twin Cities, 29 July 2019

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