Sacrificed

Examples

• In order to get a start in his retreat he sacrificed his sick and wounded. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They are not ends in the sense of finalities to which everything must be bent and sacrificed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• In both regulations, the sacred rights of private property are sacrificed to the supposed interests of public revenue. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• There were families in London who would have sacrificed a year's income to receive such an honour at the hands of those great ladies. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Advantageous as would be the alliance, and long standing and public as was the engagement, her happiness must not be sacrificed to it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I am not quite satisfied, but I can't blame you, for I know how willingly you sacrificed your vanity, as you call it, to your love. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• In days of happiness I have often repeated to myself, with a grateful heart and exulting spirit, all that Raymond sacrificed for me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It seemed apparent, therefore, that in order to obtain the desired speed there would have to be sacrificed that fineness of emulsion necessary for the securing of sharp pictures. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• These latter, the rumour had it, they sacrificed to some terrible god in an orgy which ended in the eating of their victims. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• If I returned, it was to be sacrificed, or to see those whom I most loved die under the grasp of a d?mon whom I had myself created. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I have sacrificed myself--I had a right to do that, if I liked. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He laughed, and sacrificed them. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• For his good we must be sacrificed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Can I,' said Mr. Jingle, fixing his eyes on the aunt's face--'can I see--lovely creature--sacrificed at the shrine--heartless avarice! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• On the contrary, I am largely out of pocket by my researches, as the mere value of the profession that I have sacrificed during my three years’ work amounts to twelve thousand dollars. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• What was more, he was ready at once to be the first unit sacrificed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Well may it be doubted; for, had I really loved, could I have sacrificed my feelings to vanity, to avarice? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• At these sports there are usually from four to six bulls sacrificed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Everything being hollow and worthless, she had missed nothing and sacrificed nothing. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I shuddered to think who might be the next victim sacrificed to his insatiate revenge. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Sacrificed, no doubt, to her father's objections. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She will be sacrificed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• This was not done, and five days later more valuable lives were sacrificed to carry works which had been so nearly in our possession on the 8th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was nothing to them that I, a stranger, must be sacrificed upon the altar of their unholy ambition. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The one he had acquired in Greece; the other he had sacrificed to love. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Their families were socially close, so I was sacrificed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He already asks himself, Has he sacrificed me? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• If you are bald, you will understand how she sacrificed me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• There may have been some idea of refreshing the earth by a blood draught or revivifying it with the life of the sacrificed person. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They have doubly sacrificed their caste--first, in crossing the sea; secondly, in disguising themselves as jugglers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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