sacrificial

Example Sentences

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She intended them “to cement her status as a sacrificial figure in the image of Socrates,” Ms. Stalnaker writes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Christian magazine Charisma further explained that throughout the Bible, “God commands His people to ‘defend the fatherless’ and to care for orphans with compassion, justice and sacrificial love.”

From Salon

The limits of human understanding are probed as a sacrificial figure challenges the inscrutable order of the universe.

From Los Angeles Times

“Having kids is sacrificial,” she told the New York Times last week.

From Salon

Some will see him now as a victim, a sacrificial lamb, a man who had the bravery to speak up about the problems the club faced and who got driven out because of it.

From BBC