1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night in (Grosart) III. 220 The diuell keepeth his audit in our sin-guilty consciences.
1614 J. Sylvester 197 Thou couldst not cleanse These Sin-proud shining Halls.
1617 A. Newman 22 The stately Court,..whose sin-like hew Dazles the Eyes of euery Wight.
1812 P. B. Shelley xxii Cormorants are sin-like lean, Although they eat from night to morn.
1855 P. J. Bailey 29 With sin-black hills engirthed.
a1915 J. Joyce (1968) 10 She stands beside me, pale and chill, clothed with the shadows of the sindark nave.