self-denial

Example Sentences

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But I didn’t want to “surrender” to anything, nor to spend my whole life making amends and walking a path of eternal deprivation and self-denial like I saw in popular recovery communities.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2026

So the question facing him was whether another four-year cycle of discipline and self-denial was worth it for the chance to bridge that blink of an eye.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

Or they might miss out on joyous experiences by living in constant self-denial.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025

Shannon is baffled by her self-denial, but Hannah has attained an understanding of home not as a physical place but as a spiritual bulwark, born out of love and patient respect.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

He travelled the way of self-denial through meditation, through the emptying of the mind of all images.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse