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
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
How does “the papa,” the upholder of tradition, as the musical’s opening number spells out, maintain his self-respect, if not his authority?
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025
I sit at my typewriter, stunned that my mother could cast off someone who’d done her the biggest favor of her life, raise her children, teach me kindness and self-respect.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
