How to Use sinful in a Sentence

sinful

adjective

• It is sinful to steal.
• The most sinful city in the U.S. shouldn’t come as a surprise.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 26 Nov. 2019
• Wyoming turned out to be the least sinful, with an overall score of just 26.71.
  — Nancy Clanton, ajc, 15 Feb. 2023
• The sinful stack comes glazed in cream cheese icing. 6.
  — Mahita Gajanan, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2023
• Some knew the non-meaty parts are good for making stock and that the skin can be fried into crisp, sinful snacks.
  — Bonnie S. Benwick, sacbee, 29 Aug. 2017
• Per Luke 24:7, on the third-day post deliverance into the hands of the sinful, the child of God must rise again.
  — Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2021
• But the topper to this meal is the Egg—a sinful concoction of chocolate and caramel served in an eggshell.
  — New York Eateries, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
• These days, the seven deadly sins are not all so sinful.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
• Winchester still has a few made in Japan, which seems a bit sinful.
  — Outdoor Life, 5 Sep. 2019
• Where do Greater Clevelanders go to indulge in this sinful treat?
  — cleveland, 25 July 2021
• The ethics of morning The idea that sleeping late is sinful has deep roots in Western culture.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 6 June 2024
• Whereas the former could be in keeping with the spirit of Proverbs 31, the latter is sinful.
  — Evan Halper, latimes.com, 3 Aug. 2017
• Would using magic to save his own life be clever or sinful?
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
• Death is coming for this sinful world — and coming soon.
  — Vulture, 20 July 2023
• The sinful concoction is also available as a dessert by adding a scoop of ice cream and whipped cream.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• Men were sinful, and the goodness of women was the essential bulwark against the corruption of the world.
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 16 July 2022
• The woman who’d always warned that reading the wrong books or watching the wrong movies could open the door to sinful temptation.
  — Mike Hixenbaugh, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2022
• So will central themes such as the enduring sting of antisemitism and the push-pull between the sacred and the sinful.
  — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
• Christians sometimes say that the Church is made up of people, and people are sinful, so this is going to take place.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 26 May 2022
• The honey stuck to the wafer in such a perfect way that the blunder turned into a deliciously sinful treat.
  — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 22 Oct. 2022
• The flower seems to embody some sinful, Gauguinesque escape to the tropics.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2019
• The message seemed to be that anxiety was sinful, a sign of faithlessness.
  — Kate Siber, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2022
• Don't lecture on the value of life or whether suicide is viewed by some as a sinful, selfish or angry act.
  — al, 1 Aug. 2019
• Indulge in its sinful selection of layer cakes and pies—a slice of coconut cream rakes in the most rave reviews.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2021
• Indulge in its sinful selection of layer cakes and pies—a slice of coconut cream rakes in the most rave reviews.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2023
• But here’s what’s interesting about the Ducks’ sinful ways.
  — Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 28 Apr. 2017
• To help prove their worth to the angels above, Charlie opens the Hazbin Hotel, a place where demons can work to reform their sinful behavior.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2024
• Suicide is wrongly seen as a character or moral flaw — or even a sinful act.
  — Steven Petrow, Washington Post, 23 June 2018
• In an effort to avoid the flames, believers would avoid sinful behavior and embrace lives of virtue.
  — Scott G. Bruce, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2018
• But as soon as Stalin fell ill, there were less sinful ones who arrested his most brutal executors.
  — Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Nov 2024