Example Sentences

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It came with the memories that no passion could long quench: the long past came back to her, and with it the fountains of self-renouncing pity and affection, of faithfulness and resolve.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis

When he says this with so much earnestness, we always feel that his prayers are a rare treasure, since the helpless, self-renouncing prayers are most prevalent in Christ.

From Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. by Young, Duncan McNeill

He should see how her wounded but self-renouncing heart would open to her rival.

From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

But when the self-abhorring thrill Is past, as pass it must, When tasks of life thy spirit fill Risen from thy tears and dust, Then be the self-renouncing will The seal of thy calm trust.

From Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Was there no room for a woman of the Salvation Army who is out of some hideous slum for a moment's breathing, before returning to it with a great self-renouncing life of love and healing?

From Men in the Making by Shepherd, Ambrose