sacrifice
Example Sentences
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This team embodies everything New York loves: sacrifice, perseverance and heart.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
What’s being asked for is competitive balance, and while it sounds nice, that’s an ambition that requires a healthy amount of collectivism and sacrifice, and leads to my last point here:
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
With the would-be tying run standing on first base and one out, Scott crashed hard on Geraldo Perdomo’s sacrifice bunt and zipped a throw across the diamond just in time for the out.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
The Alis were, in many ways, an ordinary Mumbai family shaped by migration and sacrifice.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
“A warrior does not fear to give up his own life. But will he sacrifice that of his comrades?”
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing sacrifice
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