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

Dominic Cavendish also praised the rest of the cast "with fine work especially from Sharon Small, as his self-sacrificing wife Jennie Lee" who was also an MP for a number of years.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

Machismo, associated with traditional masculinity, emphasizes dominance and control, while marianismo idealizes women as virtuous and self-sacrificing.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2023

An illustrated version of Lucretia's image appeared in the press with descriptions of her as a "self-sacrificing wife" and admirable mother and friend.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow