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
I disliked them too, but this doll was better than a reading book, and you could own it with self-respect, seeing as it was a boy with guts.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
