sinned

verb

past tense of sin
as in trespassed
to commit an offense bless me, Father, for I have sinned

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Recent Examples of sinned Poorer women were extremely vulnerable if they were judged to have sinned like this. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 During the week, Barton often painted an image of himself as more sinned against than sinning. — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025 That image of God never has a problem, never has a disease, never lacks anything needful or truly desirable, and has never sinned. — Douglas Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinned
  1. trespassed
  2. fell
  3. wandered
  4. transgressed
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  • The incident follows years of legal disputes over the pipeline, including a court ruling that Enbridge trespassed on tribal land.
    — Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Since then, no one has been cited, trespassed or arrested for bringing weapons into the park, city and police officials told the Orlando Sentinel.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026
Definition of trespassed
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  • Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of fell
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  • Five burros were killed and a driver was injured when a herd wandered onto the 215 Freeway in 2020.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • At one point, McLoughlin even snubbed Sylvester Stallone, another Kennedy Center Honoree who had wandered into the bar.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of wandered
Verb
  • According to Allen’s album, Harbour would’ve allegedly transgressed past the bounds of their open marriage.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Nothing about the Commission's proceedings, moreover, transgressed the Seventh Amendment's jury trial guarantee.
    — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025
Definition of transgressed

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“Sinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinned. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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