Sentence examples for committing the sin from inspiring English sources

He asked his listeners at Notre Dame University, a Catholic institution, "Are we asking government to make criminal what we believe to be sinful because we ourselves can't stop committing the sin"?

Are we asking government to make criminal what we believe to be sinful because we ourselves can't stop committing the sin?" The speech was widely acclaimed in the secular press, and polls showed Mr. Cuomo picking up strength among Protestants and Jews.

Committing the sin of pride.

Each has been known to call people "idiots" for committing the sin of expressing disagreement.

In "Desolation," the curmudgeon hero rails against his son for committing the sin of happiness.

The Clinton administration pretended to fight terrorism without committing the sin of unilateralism by trying very hard.

No Arab citizen who had any self-respect, political awareness or national consciousness could sing these words without committing the sins of hypocrisy and falsehood".

You have to stop committing the sins for which you wish to repent.

She committed the sin of growing up.

To do so would be to commit the sin of lookism -- of believing that appearance matters.

At the other end of the spectrum, even seasoned clotheshorses can commit the sin of overdressing.