self-forgetful
adjective
forgetful or not thinking of one's own advantage, interest, etc.
self-forgetfulness
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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
What he now saw and heard was no sport; it was an outburst of entire self-forgetfulness, of reckless frankness.
From Saint Michael A Romance by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
"Old things are passed away, and behold all things are become new," and, instead of the old defilement and darkness and devilishness, there flows out and on a life of purity, consecration, self-forgetfulness and holiness.
From Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work by Rev. Gross Alexander
And how much there was in that thought of meek, wise, and humble self-forgetfulness.
From Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov by I. A. Bunin
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 Henry C. Wood
