Meaning of sin-ridden | Babel Free

Definitions

Dominated or plagued by sin.

Examples

“In the camp at the bend⟳ of the river, with its dozen saloons aglare, Its gambling dens ariot, its gramophones all ablare; Crimped with the crimes of a city, sin-ridden and bridled with lies, In the hush of my mountained vastness, in the flush of my midnight skies.”

“The dramatist tunes his plays to suit⟳ his moods. If in his tragic mood Shakespeare had staged a sin-ridden world, in his new mood he was rather to stage⟳ a world in which sin looked like⟳ an intruder.”

“There was something else, too, connected with Jonas and the cow, which made Manda refuse⟳ to have⟳ anything to do with the animal. She would not drink⟳ the milk of that “sin-ridden creature,” she would say⟳ when she went round the farms, begging for a sip of Christian cow’s milk.”

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