selflessness

Example Sentences

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Working in perfect unison, the Lakers showed every component they spent the season searching for: Doncic powering the offense, Reaves finishing it, Ayton’s motor and, at the center, James’ selflessness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

What modern historians know is that selflessness didn’t come effortlessly to Washington.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

Mixing American history with wild fabulation, and parental grief with Buddhist spirituality, the book’s weirdness and originality helped smuggle through its schmaltzy moralizing about selflessness and empathy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

It is one of the incredible accounts of selflessness and courage that have emerged from one of Australia's darkest days.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

What irritates me most about him is his natural goodness, his inborn selflessness.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth