self-sacrificing
- a word derived from self-sacrifice.
Example Sentences
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It would have been a lot to ask that Simkhovitch, idealistic and self-sacrificing, predict that immigrant poverty and its housing conditions would be ameliorated with time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
The HPG said it "does not take actions frequently as a principle", but occasionally carried out "self-sacrificing" acts that served as "warnings and messages" to the Turkish government.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024
Interestingly, in an article Orwell wrote in 1940, he pinpoints the core of this strategy, writing that the manipulator portrays himself as a martyr, a victim, the "self-sacrificing hero who fights single-handed against impossible odds."
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2023
Mothers are often expected to be self-sacrificing, child-centered and experts in everything, despite few structural support systems — like comprehensive maternity benefits, extended postpartum care or sufficient childcare policies.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2023
She wanted to put her arms around him and look deep into his eyes and didn’t because she respected his right to make this self-sacrificing contribution to their safety.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
