Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Worn by sin.
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Examples
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It was such happiness to her all the hot, long days that followed; to a girl just entering life there can be no purer, deeper feeling of pleasure than that brought by the knowledge that she is influencing for good some man or woman older than herself, more sin-worn and earth-wearied.
Seven Little Australians Ethel Sybil Turner 1915
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Visions of the Crusades rose before him, of a friar arousing France, of a Maid of Orleans; of masses of soiled, war-worn, sin-worn humanity groping towards the light.
The Inside of the Cup — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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Maid of Orleans; of masses of soiled, war-worn, sin-worn humanity groping towards the light.
The Inside of the Cup — Volume 01 Winston Churchill 1909
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Maid of Orleans; of masses of soiled, war-worn, sin-worn humanity groping towards the light.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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It is the promise of good and truth and fruitfulness forcing their way through "the rank vapours of this sin-worn mould."
Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886
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Instead of our old sin-worn and sin-marked selves, He proffers to each of us a new self, not the outcome of what we have been, but the image of what He is and the prophecy of what we shall be.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Alexander Maclaren 1868
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And who can tell what a terrible yet hopeful war is going on within that care-worn, sin-worn man?
Rivers of Ice 1859
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