self-sacrificing

Example Sentences

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In the temples unbounded license alternated with self sacrificing asceticism.

From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Adler, Felix

This desire was encouraged in every possible way by his earnest, self sacrificing Christian mother, Rachel, who came of high and noble lineage.

From Modern Persia by Daniel, Mooshie G.

But against that self sacrificing attitude she was forced to admit the plea of Alec's own bewildering lack of conventionality.

From A Son of the Immortals by Christy, Howard Chandler

Through the whole story it is Héloise who shines brightly as a curiously beautiful personality, unselfish, self sacrificing, and almost virginal in her purity in spite of her fault.

From Historia Calamitatum by Abelard, Peter

Love is present in its first stages, not the self sacrificing sort, but love given in response to love and attention.

From The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training by Lamoreaux, Antoinette Abernethy