self-sacrificing

Example Sentences

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Few understood that better than Catherine O’Hara, who played one of cinema’s most self-sacrificing moms – and several of its least.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

“Thanks to your self-sacrificing and devoted struggle, the militant fraternity and friendship and invincible alliance between our country and Russia grow firmer,” he said, according to state media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Humanity is a word we use to describe what is supposed to be our essential nature — caring, compassionate, self-sacrificing.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

Dominic Cavendish also praised the rest of the cast "with fine work especially from Sharon Small, as his self-sacrificing wife Jennie Lee" who was also an MP for a number of years.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

Most of them were generous, self-sacrificing, and even, in their own way, courageous.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson