selflessness
Example Sentences
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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.
“The story of this game was really our depth and our selflessness,” Close said.
From Los Angeles Times
"Our lifeguards show selflessness every day in keeping our world-famous beaches safe for surfers and swimmers, but what we saw on Sunday night should be commended and celebrated," he said.
From Barron's
“This act of bravery and selflessness reflects exactly who they were: people who instinctively chose to help, even at great personal risk,” according to a statement released by friends of the family.
It is one of the incredible accounts of selflessness and courage that have emerged from one of Australia's darkest days.
From BBC
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