self-respect
Example Sentences
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She said Atkins' behaviour "totally eroded my self-respect and my self-esteem".
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
“She taught me how to be a real woman, to have strength and self-respect, and to never give those things away,” Witherspoon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
In all of this, Mr. Easterly is firm in his belief that the way forward lies in a marriage of market economics and attention to self-respect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
How do I keep my self-respect and continue to communicate with him?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
"I've got to do something. I've got to do something I really want to do. I've lost my self-respect."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
