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
Over the course of the games, he grew to respect the more self-sacrificing Arisu and Usagi, eventually even getting shot in order to save Usagi.
From Salon • Sep. 26, 2025
Even cynical moviegoers hardened by the rigidity of formula in so many other animated features will be hard-pressed not to root for self-sacrificing, determined and warm-circuited Roz.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024
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
