Idiom
live in sin
Meaning
To cohabit as if husband and wife without being married.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They live in sin because they do not want to get married.”
“Although their parents were traditional, the couple decided to live in sin while they saved money for a house.”
“Despite the social disapproval of their small village, the young couple chose to live in sin rather than conform to the rigid expectations of the church.”
Examples
simple
“They live in sin because they do not want to get married.”
contextual
“Although their parents were traditional, the couple decided to live in sin while they saved money for a house.”
complex
“Despite the social disapproval of their small village, the young couple chose to live in sin rather than conform to the rigid expectations of the church.”
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