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 • Jan. 2, 2026
I liked chunks of the film, but it rankled me that she framed the spouse as such a consolation-prize loser to make her heroine come off as sacrificial.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025
She was also prone to self-pity, calling herself “a sacrificial lamb.”
From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025
She dresses up this sacrificial act, perhaps the first one we have ever seen her make, as something else because even in death, Agatha has a reputation to uphold.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024
Take me instead, I’ll be your sacrificial lamb.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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