sacrificial
Example Sentences
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“I cringed at being a sacrificial pawn in their game of relationship chess,” Davis writes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026
She intended them “to cement her status as a sacrificial figure in the image of Socrates,” Ms. Stalnaker writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
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 • Nov. 15, 2025
She was also prone to self-pity, calling herself “a sacrificial lamb.”
From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025
“The note appeared in the sacrificial fire at our dining pavilion. That’s Annabeth’s handwriting. She asks for you by name.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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