self-respect

Example Sentences

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She said Atkins' behaviour "totally eroded my self-respect and my self-esteem".

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

“She taught me how to be a real woman, to have strength and self-respect, and to never give those things away,” Witherspoon said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

In all of this, Mr. Easterly is firm in his belief that the way forward lies in a marriage of market economics and attention to self-respect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

How do I keep my self-respect and continue to communicate with him?

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

We were superbly above him and the comedy gave us a delusion of high self-respect.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin