How to Use deadly sin in a Sentence

deadly sin

noun

• In the medieval period, prescriptive literature warned women of the dangers of anger—one of the seven deadly sins.
  — Pragya Agarwal, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024
• Amongst the revelers were a group of seven deadly sins and a couple of Queen of Hearts.
  — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2023
• These days, the seven deadly sins are not all so sinful.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
• In the 1995 crime thriller, Spacey plays a murderer inspired by the seven deadly sins.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 3 July 2023
• But there’s a twist: Every guest is picked off for a different kind of deadly sin.
  — Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 21 Nov. 2022
• In the Puritan West, the pursuit of beauty in dress has almost always been linked to the deadly sin of pride.
  — New York Times, 14 July 2021
• Some of the restaurant’s pizzas are named after the seven deadly sins.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
• It was based on the 14th-Century’s seven deadly sins, and sent chills down the spines of viewers and critics alike.
  — Josh Linkner, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2018
• Each cone represents one of the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride.
  — Fabiola Sánchez, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Dec. 2023
• The campaign brings to life the seven deadly sins; pride, wrath, envy, indolence, gourmand, greed, and lust.
  — Nandi Howard, Essence, 16 Oct. 2019
• Allen was too inaccurate in college, a deadly sin that rarely improves, the thinking went.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2021
• Previous tours have included a riff on the seven deadly sins.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 14 Aug. 2023
• Angels oversee the shepherds on their journey to protect them from the devil’s influence and the seven deadly sins.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2023
• Tracy is murdered by John Doe (Kevin Spacey), a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins to pick victims.
  — Ryan Parker, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2017
• The car is green, so any interior color other than brown should be considered one of the seven deadly sins.
  — Car and Driver, 25 Apr. 2020
• Around the same time, the Christian church formally added sloth as one of the seven deadly sins, vices believed to be spiritually fatal.
  — Nicole Hong, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2017
• And so the first domino falls in a trail that will eventually lead to multiple crimes, uncountable misdemeanors, and at least six of the seven deadly sins.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2020
• The murders in the film represent the seven deadly sins as defined by Christianity: gluttony, greed, sloth, lust, pride, envy, and wrath.
  — Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2023
• As the list of victims grows, the detectives discover a sinister pattern: each murder seems to be inspired by the seven deadly sins.
  — Claudia Guthrie, ELLE, 30 June 2023
• Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 16 Oct. 2019
• Yet the tone betrays neither effort nor arrogance — pride being a deadly sin for comedy.
  — Teo Bugbee, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2018
• The Enneagram itself has ancient, but murky, roots: Some adherents trace it back to a 4th century monk and the same underlying concept as the seven deadly sins.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2020
• Episode 1) Hell literally broke loose at the end of season 2, and Supernatural’s third season kicks off with a clever case spinning out of that finale: the seven deadly sins are now roaming the Earth once more.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 31 July 2019
• Any person of real moral fiber would not stand idle as people die from the cruelty of an imbecilic bigot whose moral compass mirrors the seven deadly sins.
  — Michael Arceneaux, The Root, 3 Oct. 2017
• The tax drag of investments is treated as secondary or ignored altogether (not exactly envy, but it’s the only deadly sin left).
  — John Jennings, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• Sloths have been maligned throughout history, with their name becoming synonymous with laziness (and even labeled a deadly sin).
  — Darren Incorvaia, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2022
• LeAndra intentionally limited the menu to seven sandwiches, in a nod to the seven deadly sins.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 18 Feb. 2020
• Listed among the seven deadly sins, and used to describe someone who is lazy, indolent and otherwise lackadaisical, sloth takes on a different meaning when one is born — for the first time — at a major South Florida attraction.
  — Doug Phillips, sun-sentinel.com, 18 July 2019
• Business thrives, especially during Christmas, featuring unique seven-cone spheres symbolizing the seven deadly sins.
  — Fabiola Sánchez, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Dec. 2023
• Unfortunately, the serial killer known as Jon Doe is ritualistically slaying victims by turning the seven deadly sins into symbolic, atrocious murders.
  — EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024