sin
/ˈsɪn/ verb C2- To commit a sin.
He/she/it sins · Past sinned · Past participle sinned · -ing form sinning
Verb forms
- Base form
- sin
- He/she/it
- sins
- Past
- sinned
- Past participle
- sinned
- -ing form
- sinning
From the library
OVER the borders, a sin without pardon,
Noirtier—for it was, indeed, he who entered—looked after the servant until the door was closed, and then, fearing, no doubt, that he might be overheard in the antechamber, he opened the door again, nor was the precaution useless, as appeared from the rapid retreat of Germain, who proved that he was not exempt from the sin which ruined our first parents.
Lynde says I’m full of original sin.
My besetting sin is imagining too much and forgetting my duties.
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