sin
noun
transgression of divine law.
am sinning
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present progressiveof sin (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I know that I am sinning every day in weeping for my poor lost bairn, and yet I am that way made that I cannot help but weep for her.
From Prisoners of Conscience by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
I well know the proverb: "Non enim qui se ipsum commendat, ille probatus est," and do not think I am sinning against it.
From Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 from Rome to the End by Bache, Constance
I shall always carry your picture in my heart, and shall not think that I am sinning against you or any one else when I do so after hearing that you are married.
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony
