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
We found ourselves talking to our daughters about handling such interactions with self-respect, dignity and empathy—and avoiding their unhealthy opposites.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
How do I keep my self-respect and continue to communicate with him?
From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025
Asking the question, “How do I maintain my self-respect, in the absence of respect from anyone else now?” seemed to be at the core of their moral problems.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2024
“I see no enemy to a fortunate issue but in the brow; and that brow professes to say,—‘I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
