self-denial
Example Sentences
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What of altruism, humility, reserve, healthy self denial?
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2017
She smiled as if his words were already rewarding her self denial.
From He Fell in Love with His Wife by Roe, Edward Payson
Now she had her reward for all her loving self denial in sending him away and feigning herself dead.
From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
Your glorious ancestor endured exile, persecution, the night of famine, and the day of unequal combat, to free his country; do you practise the like self denial to free yourself.
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir
The motive furnished by the doctrine to self denial and toil has a peerless sublimity.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
