SINS

[sinz]

noun

1. a gyroscopic device indicating the exact speed and position of a vessel, as indicated by differences in positions over a given period on a given course, as well as the direction of true north.

Word History and Origins

Origin of SINS¹

s(hip's) i(nertial) n(avigation) s(ystem)

Example Sentences

“Let’s let the people decide,” he said, after confessing his marital sins.

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Winning hides a multitude of sins, and that was certainly the case here.

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“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” Rian Johnson’s darkest, funniest and best installment yet in his three-film detective series, takes place in a church stunned by two sins.

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As to whether the process of making the film helped him resolve any of his own resentment toward his father, he quietly allows, “I’m almost feeling since I did this a little movement in me. But he was definitely a bad, selfish guy who committed, you know, most of the sins.”

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Now, though, Greene seems to be burrowing herself out of the conspiracy-theory hole, apologizing for past sins, and maybe even seeing the light of reality for the first time.

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