Words similar to sin

Example sentences for: sin

How can you use “sin” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

A cardinal sin of news reporting is downplaying the real news of a story--this is known as "burying the lead" and once upon a time it was considered an even bigger disaster for a journalist than having a kid not get into Sidwell Friends.
This idea is probably more Shavian (or Ibsenite) than Wildean, but the larger point is clear: that Wilde was more concerned with exploding the notion of an "ideal" person than with punishing Chiltern's sin, and in showing that part of becoming human is learning to forgive others' lapses.
You can look at it in a religious way and say that humans were destined to suffer for some sin, such as Adam and Eve's.
It was a sin."
Back of the envelope, it seems that every working American pays a flat 15 percent of salary, plus around 5 percent to 10 percent in state and sales taxes on every dollar earned or spent, respectively, plus some unknown amount in property taxes (and renters get screwed the most here, since rent of course includes prorated property tax pass-throughs), plus gasoline taxes, plus some special local taxes (such as D.C.'s extra taxes on restaurant meals, liquor, and other "sin" taxes).