INIQUITY in a Sentence
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Example sentences for INIQUITY, such as:
1. He thought of New York as a den of iniquity.
2. It irks me, nevertheless, that the partner of her iniquity should not at least, stand on the scaffold by her side.
2. It irks me, nevertheless, that the partner of her iniquity should not at least, stand on the scaffold by her side.
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Meanings and Examples of INIQUITY
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iniquity
n. absence of moral or spiritual values
n. an unjust act
Classic Sentence:
1 It irks me, nevertheless, that the partner of her iniquity should not at least, stand on the scaffold by her side.
2 This house was something that the matrons of Atlanta whispered about furtively and ministers preached against in guarded terms as a cesspool of iniquity, a hissing and a reproach.
3 And the lawyer, scared by the thought, brooded a while on his own past, groping in all the corners of memory, lest by chance some Jack-in-the-Box of an old iniquity should leap to light there.
4 The reparation is the prayer for all the sins, for all the faults, for all the dissensions, for all the violations, for all the iniquities, for all the crimes committed on earth.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA
5 An enormous fortress of prejudices, privileges, superstitions, lies, exactions, abuses, violences, iniquities, and darkness still stands erect in this world, with its towers of hatred.
6 Not "Forgive us our sins" but "Smite us for our iniquities" should be the prayer of man to a most just God.
Example Sentence:
1 He thought of New York as a den of iniquity.