self-denial

Example Sentences

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But I didn’t want to “surrender” to anything, nor to spend my whole life making amends and walking a path of eternal deprivation and self-denial like I saw in popular recovery communities.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2026

So the question facing him was whether another four-year cycle of discipline and self-denial was worth it for the chance to bridge that blink of an eye.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

Or they might miss out on joyous experiences by living in constant self-denial.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025

The divinators expect the pendulum to swing to the opposite extreme as society is seized by an urge for escapism after so many months of suffering and self-denial.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2021

The first article accuses Abnegation of withholding luxuries like cars and fresh fruit from the other factions in order to force their belief in self-denial on everyone else.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth