self-denial
Example Sentences
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What of altruism, humility, reserve, healthy self denial?
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2017
Were it any point of self denial for a lost man, to grip a cord cast unto him?
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
God commands man to rule his passions by reason, not slavishly obey them; to exercise a wisely proportioned self denial to day for the winning of a safer and nobler morrow.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
She smiled as if his words were already rewarding her self denial.
From He Fell in Love with His Wife by Roe, Edward Payson
Now she had her reward for all her loving self denial in sending him away and feigning herself dead.
From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
