Sacrificing

Examples

• How shall we secure breadth of outlook without sacrificing efficiency of execution? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The common men were everywhere sacrificing life and health for what they believed to be the common good of the state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A consistent result could be obtained only by sacrificing the modern or the ancient observations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Of sacrificing myself I made no difficulty but my heart is pained by what I see; it _must_ have and give solace. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• There was a frontispiece to the volume, representing Abraham sacrificing Isaac. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Morse, of Boston, developed the cutting of diamonds to its present perfection by fearlessly sacrificing weight to get proportion. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When you see the chorus throw incense on the altar, think not that they are sacrificing to the wine-god of their ancestors. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Do you suppose she would like me better for sacrificing you? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I could not dream of sacrificing it in this offhand fashion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He has told me how noble and self-sacrificing you have been. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• She accepted it; thus sacrificing herself for the comfort and welfare of her parent. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It was noble, self-sacrificing love, and characteristic of the pure-souled Heloise, but it was not good sense. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Her selfishness was sacrificing the boy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Since the uneasiness arises from the opposition of two contrary principles, it must look for relief by sacrificing the one to the other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I know where you have been spending your vacation, and how you have commenced sacrificing to the graces, and enjoying life like any other belle. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I can go, Mr. Bounderby, if you wish it,' said that self-sacrificing lady, making a feint of taking her foot out of the stirrup. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The Epicurean was determined to make Humanity go its way without cringing to capricious gods and without sacrificing Free-Will. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In an effort to finish the work quickly, so that he could devote his attention to more important matters, Mr. Duncan found that he was frequently sacrificing accuracy for speed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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