selflessness
Example Sentences
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PC Blades' wife said he "gave his life in the line of duty, protecting and serving others with courage, dedication and selflessness".
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The author argues that contemporary American business and government leaders are fundamentally characterized by an absence of character, which the author defines as steadfastness, selflessness, self-sacrifice, honesty, and integrity in dealings with others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
His personality was marked by a strong sense of duty, humility, and selflessness.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2026
Mixing American history with wild fabulation, and parental grief with Buddhist spirituality, the book’s weirdness and originality helped smuggle through its schmaltzy moralizing about selflessness and empathy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Though it took enormous courage and virtue to risk your life in order to protect society, such selflessness also contained, at least from the vantage point of your loved ones, a hint of cruelty.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
