Example sentences for: sinful

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

  • You could even punish the teachers' unions for their sinful ways with a 15 percent tax hike of their own.

  • In the sentence, She loves music better than me , the syntax gives the meaning She loves music better than she loves me; but a majority of listeners and readers, infected by Sinful Syntax, will today understand the sentence as She loves music better than I love it or ...better than I do.

  • He coveted cash as his God-given right; felt sinful about wanting it so badly; and was desperately compelled to give it to charity, which he did with anguish.

  • Even when syntax is not sinful, meaning may be muddled.

  • Catholic Conference of Bishops called for acceptance of homosexuality . The bishops said homosexual orientation "cannot be considered sinful," because it "is experienced as a given."


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