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Synonyms for deadly sin


Grammar : Noun



Définition of deadly sin

  • noun unpardonable sin
Example sentences :
  • Humility, contentment, may be a Christian virtue, but in economics 'tis a deadly sin.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • She says that she would not, even for a crown, commit a deadly sin.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • This she confessed to as sinful, though not, she hoped, of the nature of deadly sin.
  • Extract from : « The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories » by Andrew Lang
  • Of this deadly sin, you and I are aware Bridget Fitzgerald has been guilty.
  • Extract from : « Curious, if True » by Elizabeth Gaskell
  • But every one knows that to take one's life is a deadly sin.
  • Extract from : « Studies in love and in terror » by Marie Belloc Lowndes
  • Whether would you be a leper, or have committed a deadly sin?'
  • Extract from : « The Boy Crusaders » by John G. Edgar
  • "Because of her deadly sin," he repeated slowly, and the tone changed.
  • Extract from : « Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) » by F. Marion Crawford
  • It was wrong to defy and desert her master, but to obey him would be deadly sin.
  • Extract from : « Serapis, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • Of this deadly sin, you and I are aware, Bridget Fitzgerald has been guilty.
  • Extract from : « The Poor Clare » by Elizabeth Gaskell
  • The deadly sin of sloth often exists where the vice has no place.
  • Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. John » by William Alexander

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