How to Use transgression in a Sentence

transgression

noun
  • Should they be punished for the transgressions of the men?
    — Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Those transgressions seemed to melt away with the deal that ended the crisis.
    — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 25 June 2023
  • His transgressions are nowhere close to being as bad as Hill’s.
    — Eddie Brown, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • This applies to both small transgressions as well as major ones.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • Just like that, my cycle of transgression and guilt was broken.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
  • If this sounds like one more mechanism of transgression, that is, of course, the whole idea.
    — David L. Ulin, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
  • However, if there were no speeding laws at all how much worse would the transgressions be?
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • This is a time when past transgressions could be brought up and mistakes may have consequences.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Nobody knows the price of those transgressions better than those who have suffered them.
    — Patrick Vinck, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Most are the kind of youthful transgressions that could happen to anyone.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
  • If not for his off-field transgressions, though, Elliott is more than worth a new contract.
    — Nick Talbot, ExpressNews.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The transgressions feel more severe, and, it must be said, more exciting.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • There is a woman from Bangladesh who has been slapped, pushed and struck on the head for minor transgressions.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 23 May 2025
  • The transgressions among Colts players have been wide-ranging.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The latest transgression by the transgressor in chief just doesn’t seem to move the needle.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 2 May 2018
  • She would be forced to learn to enjoy the feeling of harmless transgression, as Heiss did.
    — Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
  • To be fair to Dowdle, in the skit, the third thrust resulted in the transgression.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Almost on a whim, Paul accepts, and small transgressions soon give way to larger ones.
    — The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 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
  • There is a kind of enjoyment of all the transgression that is obviously a big part of what the show is.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Many believe that, transgressions aside, Rose should be in the Hall of Fame.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • There’s so much crime that the transgressions seldom register.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • The global South can be used as a bellwether to assess the effects of these transgressions.
    — Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
  • But the pursuit of transgression for its own sake can easily derail sound judgment.
    — Laura K. Field, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Walt has zero boundaries, and he’s been compiling a list of transgressions against Greg since day one.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • But this year, how about avoiding one of the most common Turkey Day transgressions?
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 13 July 2023

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