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
“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
We found ourselves talking to our daughters about handling such interactions with self-respect, dignity and empathy—and avoiding their unhealthy opposites.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
How do I keep my self-respect and continue to communicate with him?
From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025
Whatever self-respect he might have had was gone, he did not care if Kingshaw saw that he was afraid – he wanted him to know, in fact, he wanted to be protected.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
