sacrifice
noun
the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
have been sacrificing
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present perfect progressiveof sacrifice.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“For all those protesters in Hong Kong who have been sacrificing their futures, we must fulfill our responsibility and lead by example.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2021
“I strongly believe that everyone must sacrifice, not just middle-class families who have been sacrificing over and over,” she said in a statement on Aug. 1.
From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 10, 2011
You must have been sacrificing your best interests by staying so long with us?
From Three Dramas by R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson) Sharp
Look, they have been sacrificing to them there: bananas and rice and meat dried in the sun and a hard-boiled egg, on a little bamboo raft, down by the foot of the light-house....
From The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java by Louis Couperus
Thus he spoke sometimes of the Chevalier, but never either of the Prince, which would have been sacrificing his own principles, or of the Pretender, which would have been offensive to those of others.
From Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott
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