Sentence examples for idea of sin from inspiring English sources
And Jane, like both Mrs. Copperfield and Miss Goering, was consumed by the idea of sin.
Even in these orthodox paintings, you sense the anguish that the idea of sin has caused Christians down the ages.
If you like the idea of "sin" taxes as a way for the government to raise revenue, be aware that Alexander Hamilton got there first.
Sex is never simple, which is why we need stories about it; these days, however, the idea of sin has, for the most part, been removed from those stories — and with it has gone the thrill of trespass.
The idea of sin cannot evolve from purely human origins.
The American people are as devoted to the idea of sin and its punishment as they are to making money--and fighting drugs is nearly as big a business as pushing them.
Making Burning the Books has, Alinah says, been hugely helpful in coming to terms with their situation – not only in forcing her, and those who participate in the work, to face up to an issue that is so often taboo; but in inspiring her to think about debt as a moral question, one bound up with ideas of sin.
It's a story that has much to say about women and men and the shifty ideas of sin.
"The nuns kept you so busy with venal sins that the idea of mortal sin was kind of beyond your imagination," he said.
Conservatism is built on the idea of original sin — on the assumption of human fallibility and uncertainty.
