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

And the worst of it is that, from inquiries I have made, it would seem that they have been sacrificing themselves by spending their money lavishly and uselessly on someone else.

From Mary-'Gusta by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

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 Scott, Walter, Sir

It would have been sacrificing his country to his fraternal feelings.

From On The Blockade by Optic, Oliver