sinner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sinner
A Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; sin 1, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Scorsese’s faith, and his battles with it, provide something of a leitmotif of the series — is he a saint or a sinner?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
“I finally saw, like, ‘Oh, I’m a sinner by God’s standard,’ and then I understood my need for a savior and for Jesus,” she said.
From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2023
Neither of them had some road-to-Damascus moment that turned the sinner into a saint.
From Salon • Oct. 26, 2023
Chun Woo-won, 27, said military strongman Chun Doo-hwan was a "sinner and slaughterer".
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2023
“So now this sinner comes before you with a humble heart, shorn of secrets and concealments, naked before the eyes of gods and men, to make her walk of atonement.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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