self-sacrificing
Example Sentences
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His was the old supremacy of the selfish over the self sacrificing, the hard over the tender, the mental over the emotional.
From Dust by Haldeman-Julius, Marcet
Perhaps she is one of the self sacrificing sort.
From A Son of the Immortals by Christy, Howard Chandler
The limitations of his nature were defined by the fact that he withdrew from so self sacrificing an end as that.
From The Seventh Noon by Frederick, Edmund
The personal contact of self sacrificing benevolence with darkness, filth and misery—that is the only remedy.
From Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse by Schauffler, Robert Haven
Through the whole story it is Héloise who shines brightly as a curiously beautiful personality, unselfish, self sacrificing, and almost virginal in her purity in spite of her fault.
From Historia Calamitatum by Abelard, Peter
