self-abnegation

Example Sentences

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The life that Alharthi describes is one of almost saintly self-abnegation.

From Washington Post

To make his self-abnegation flesh, Spivey is surrounded — and serially haunted — by six sensational actors who play Usher’s “Thoughts.”

From Washington Post

Perhaps that is an ordinary situation most mothers would recognize, but I was so immature and unformed that I experienced that acute fear of self-abnegation as if it were the entire meaning of motherhood itself.

From New York Times

But whatever it is that propelled Johns down the path of self-abnegation, the denial was never absolute or complete.

From Washington Post

What is this ecstasy of self-abnegation, what are its costs?

From New York Times