Sentence examples for personal transgression from inspiring English sources

In acknowledging the affair, Mr. Ensign cast it as a personal transgression, not a professional one.

"We haven't yet found an effective way to scare people in V.R. without making it a personal transgression," Stephan said.

But as Mr. Petraeus would learn in 2012, when he made front-page news with an embarrassing personal transgression, not even the best-made rules cover all conceivable challenges.

"There's now a slew of commentary that is in a very sympathetic register saying, 'Poor David Petraeus, such a tragedy that this small personal transgression has now run him out of office.' He wasn't run out of office, he suffered no sanctions, the FBI protected him, he resigned.

"I hope New Mexicans will view that my accomplishments for my beloved state outweigh my personal transgression".

But in this day and age, must we celebrate and honor an artist when unsettling personal transgressions haunt our perception of that person? .

Even mere rumors of personal transgressions are circulated now.

Why should an election's focus be on his personal transgressions?

Personal transgressions aside, would anyone argue that collectively we're acting like grownups in addressing monumental problems like health care or climate change or financial regulation?

Common Sense said Mr. Bisenius's "recent personal transgressions bear no reflection on this outstanding team of professionals or the quality of the portfolio management".

For voters, his hawkish views on federal spending, his experience and his promise to fight President Obama outweighed any personal transgressions.