Example sentences for: transgression

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

  • (Espy prosecutor Donald Smaltz spent $12 million investigating a $35,000 transgression.)

  • But the (factually correct) premise of Victorian morality was that one person's transgression, if unpunished, invites emulation.

  • White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles said he had discussed the transgression with Blumenthal, and Blumenthal issued a written statement saying, "I did not intend to offend Mr. Ewing's or anyone else's personal religious beliefs and I regret if anyone feels offended."

  • Conclusion: Babbitt is a fine, upstanding man caught in an inconsequential transgression.

  • Their supposed transgression is a common occurrence at American Catholic churches and the logical outcome of the ecumenical movement energized by the Roman Catholic Church itself.


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