selfishness

Example Sentences

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"Children with their big wide-open eyes question us. Their looks should help us to forsake selfishness that undoubtedly leaves our hearts quite bare," she wrote in its introduction.

From Reuters

Ultimately, it’s a tale of hope, and one that raises questions about selfishness and self-sabotage when navigating desperation.

From Los Angeles Times

Pope Francis on Monday said he sees “still greater omens of greater destruction and desolation” in the world and called on people “to put aside selfishness, indifference and antagonism.”

From Washington Times

Soccer serves as a mirror for society, for its greed, its selfishness.”

From Seattle Times

“We all make the right reads for each other. We play for each other. We don’t got any selfishness at all. That will take us a long way.”

From Seattle Times