Example Sentences

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"I know I am sacrificing my person, but I … do this more for my family," Alcala said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2018

"I am sacrificing a year," she says, sounding fully aware.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am sacrificing everything, including training and education for a normal job, for tennis.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had said on more than one occasion: "I am sacrificing my life for this race," and would appear much affected.

From The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer by Micheaux, Oscar

I am sacrificing what I believe, perhaps wrongly, to be my happiness, to the demands of a misunderstanding world.

From The Idol of Paris by Bernhardt, Sarah