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

The Continent “produced the genius of Mozart and Beethoven,” and it isn’t narrow or xenophobic to feel pride in this; it is a just self-respect without which you won’t be able to continue in history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 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

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

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

She was pretty, smart, and had a quiet sense of self-respect.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby