sin
noun
transgression of divine law.
was sinning
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past progressiveof sin.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In those days it pleased me, and it pleased the priest ... and so I did not think I was sinning, and neither did he.
From Time Magazine Archive
And it was more for her sake he was sinning than for his own or that of any other.
From Tracy Park by Mary Jane Holmes
He became thoroughly ashamed of himself in even attempting to make the man understand that he was sinning against good taste.
From Marion Fay by Anthony Trollope
The squire knew when he saw him that he was sinning, and bade him stop upon his road.
From The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
In trampling on them she knew that she was sinning with her eyes open.
From A Singer from the Sea by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
