Less sinful

Usage examples of purer.

Perhaps, however, this is a favorable occasion to lay before the reader what was written by a poor pen, in after years, about the child, by one who had loved, and been rendered purer by her.

Such a picture was unrolled before the four individuals who now took their way toward the fine hill to the west of the Bower of Nature, and they enjoyed its beauty, and felt fresher and purer for the sight.

Oh, I feel that what I mean by love is purer than the whole wide world besides!

Never hand Waved sword from stain as free, Nor purer sword led braver band, Nor braver bled for a brighter land, Nor brighter land had a cause so grand, Nor cause a chief like Lee!

Muse, you dare not claim A nobler man than he, Nor nobler man hath less of blame, Nor blameless man hath purer name, Nor purer name hath grander fame, Nor fame -- another Lee.

Were fairer far within the convent walls, And purer in their fragrance and their bloom Than all their sisters in the outer world.

And were I disappointed in yon world, Should that debar me from a purer place?

Far up the sky with ever purer beam, Upon the throne of night the moon was seated, And down the valley glens the shades retreated, And silver light was on the open stream.

Chinese White was much purer and stronger than the stuff doled out by pharmacists and mail-order houses.

This mixed people never attained the civilization of the purer Hyborians, and was pushed by them to the very fringe of the civilized world.

Nature draws effects of constancy and patience purer and more unconquerable than any of those we study so curiously in the schools.

The early Christian hermits retired to the Thebaid because its air was purer, because there were fewer distractions, because God seemed nearer there than in the world of men.

And this is not because woman is purer or more virtuous than man: why, virtue and purity are not very different from vice if they are not free from evil feeling.

And grown-ups and children alike felt that a noble being was walking about their rooms, and that gave a peculiar charm to their manner towards me, as though in my presence their life, too, was purer and more beautiful.

The crown of wifehood and maternity is purer, more divine, than that of the maiden.