SINS

[ sinz ]

/ sɪnz /

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noun

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.

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Origin of SINS

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

Words nearby SINS

Sinophile, sinopis, sinopulmonary, sinorespiratory, Sino-Tibetan, SINS, sinsemilla, sinsyne, sin tax, sinter, Sint Maarten

How to use SINS in a sentence

The church would “keep people separated from their families,” Fenner says, while “being dealt with for sexual sins.”
Beaten By His Church for Being Gay|Justin Jones|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We are all guilty all the time and retribution will come for our unnamed sins.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
White Southerners crave an innocent past, a personal distance from the sins of their ancestors.
The Tragic History of Southern Food|Jason Berry|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Heracles goes on his twelve labours, not to better mankind, but to achieve immortality and atone for his own sins.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero|Regina Lizik|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

For all our sins, may the Force that makes forgiveness possible forgive us, pardon us, and make atonement possible.
Jews and Non-Jews Need to Repent for the Sins of the U.S. and Israel|Rabbi Michael Lerner|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Greater mischiefs happen often from folly, meanness, and vanity than from the greater sins of avarice and ambition.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
I found that I had been allowed to acquire certain bad habits and besetting sins—most people do.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
When the father had finished, he stabbed his wife, telling her to repent of her sins and to confess to God who would pardon her.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
And they sought out all iniquities, till vengeance came upon them, and put an end to all their sins.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
He says that he has sins enough to his account without laying up a reckoning with posterity.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton