self-sacrificing

Example Sentences

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It would have been a lot to ask that Simkhovitch, idealistic and self-sacrificing, predict that immigrant poverty and its housing conditions would be ameliorated with time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Few understood that better than Catherine O’Hara, who played one of cinema’s most self-sacrificing moms – and several of its least.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

"Mothers are typically perceived as trustworthy, self-sacrificing and emotionally safe so this made the contestants trust her," says Mair.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Many in town say he is just as self-sacrificing a spirit.

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

They were probably the self-sacrificing group, like the women at church socials who said, “No, you take the chicken breast. I’m just fine with the neck and gizzard, really.”

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd