HOW TO PRONOUNCE
erring
/ˈɛɹɪŋ/
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What does erring mean?
verb
- present participle and gerund of err
- present participle and gerund of er
noun
- The act of one who errs; sin.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɛɹɪŋ/
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Hester Prynne, nevertheless, the loving mother of this one child, ran little risk of erring on the side of undue severity.
“O, remain with us—the counsel of holy men will wean you from your erring law, and I will be a sister to you.”
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“I mean,” said Barbicane in a decided tone, “I mean that our deviation is owing solely to our meeting with this erring body.”
A true friend will admonish his erring brother, and if the erring brother has any sense at all he will thank his friend.
If God were always the sole object of our desire, we should the less easily be troubled by the erring judgment of our fancy.