self-forgetfulness
- a word derived from self-forgetful.
Example Sentences
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It was like her self-forgetfulness to transfer the remark to my sister, and to get up and be busy about her, making her more comfortable; “that’s sadly true!”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Christ is divine charity incarnate; and to be like him is to love as he loved—with the ardor, the intensity, the self-forgetfulness, which drew him to the manger and led him to the cross.
From Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses by Cross, Joseph
What he said was uttered in a tense, distinct, conversational tone and after the first few words in apparent self-forgetfulness, he lost self in his cause.
From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Holt, Mathew Joseph
I almost began to wonder, if, in some insane moment of self-forgetfulness, I could really have committed the deed.
From The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky by Wood, Henry C.
We are all touched with the love of the glory which is real glory, and the only glory comes from utter self-forgetfulness and self-sacrifice.
From Lest We Forget World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez
