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How to use the word sacrifice in a Sentence?

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The sorrow of Good Friday's sacrifice to the joy of Easter's dawn of victory is a timeless testament to life's journey from despair to hope, from darkness to light, from trial to triumph.

Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
2 months ago

To love is to sacrifice; therefore, if you know you can't sacrifice, then don't say you love. Love is not just a word but a commitment that demands selflessness and the willingness to prioritize others above oneself

Christen Kuikoua

added by anonymous
3 months ago

Prosperity or egalitarianism -- you have to choose. I favor freedom -- you never achieve real equality anyway, you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.

Marios Vargas Llosa

added by Normando
3 months ago

A mother's love is the purest form of magic; a selfless masterpiece that knows no boundaries, defies all odds and endures all obstacles and challenges; it's a love painted with sacrifice, unrivalled dedication and unmatched devotion. Motherhood is indeed an act of unwavering faith and limitless optimism in the future wellbeing of a child - Aloo Denish

Aloo Denish

added by Aloo-Denish
10 months ago

The very deep feeling that you are part of something bigger than yourself, that (you’re) allowed to sacrifice anything that is needed, whether it’s your career, health, seriously mental health, we all have a mission, you’re willing to do it at any cost. You’re very determined, you know that you are on the right side, you’re carrying the torch of light. That keeps us being highly motivated despite the fact that we’re not sleeping for days.

Yiftach Golov

Found on CNN
12 months ago

We send our heartfelt condolences to the officer’s family as they mourn their loved one who made the ultimate sacrifice. As we grieve with our fallen officer’s family, we have another officer fighting for his life. Please keep all our officers and the entire department in your prayers.

Kirk Giles

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The less days of work you lose, the better, but make no mistake, three days of lost pay may not sound like a lot. But if you’re making $14,000 a year and living paycheck to paycheck to paycheck, a three-day strike is making a sacrifice.

Lester Garcia

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As LAUSD parents and workers, SEIU Local 99 members know a strike will be a sacrifice but the school district has pushed workers to take this action, families have been sacrificing for far too long on poverty wages. Students have been sacrificing for too long in school environments that are not clean, safe or supportive for all.

Max Arias

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There’s nothing more insulting and offensive to those of us that fight to open doors, that you walked through those doors and act like the folks we had to fight for to get you through them doors. You did n’t get on the police department by yourself, the police chief did n’t get there by herself. People had to march and go to jail and some lost their lives to open the doors for you and how dare you act like that sacrifice was for nothing.

Al Sharpton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Freedom does not come cheap, it comes through the sacrifice of all those who have and continue to serve in today’s military. Your actions that day kept you free. They kept your shipmates free in Task Force 77. Indeed, they kept all of us free.

Del Toro

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Freedom is not only a gift but also a summons to personal responsibility, the preservation of freedom calls for the cultivation of virtue, self-discipline, sacrifice for the common good, and a sense of responsibility towards the less fortunate. It also demands the courage to engage in civic life and to bring one’s deepest beliefs and values to reasoned public debate.

John Paul II

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I grew up in a law enforcement family. And for me, the sacrifice and uncertainty that that comes with, those sorts of commitments to service, is one that I am always, always going to be grateful for.

Abigail Spanberger

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

This is a tragic loss to this community, to this department, but most significantly to his family and loved ones, his service and sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Police Chief Link Strate

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is a way to turn the tables on a first world power, it's just incredible to watch that despite the unbelievable loss of life and sacrifice, what the will to resist and the resolve to resist can do.

Mark Schwartz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If I didn't start the lawsuit Zhou Xiaoxuan, I might never know what kind of injustice other victims of sexual abuse would suffer after entering the [ judicial ] system, we're still in an environment where we have to sacrifice our feelings, sacrifice our pain in exchange for understanding.

Zhou Xiaoxuan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Can we please not force veterans, disabled from their heroism and sacrifice, to stand outside the Capitol building, days on end, waiting on this Congress to do the thing they already did on June 16 ? It passed 84 to 14. Nothing changed in it.

Jon Stewart

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It was meant to express their gratitude of the nation for the courage of our soldiers, the contribution of young American citizens, the sacrifice of many of them for the liberation of Europe and of France. So, on this day, we celebrate our freedom, and we want to express our gratitude to those Americans.

French Ambassador Philippe Etienne

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

These items represent the bravery and sacrifice of our veterans, and I believe they should be handled with the dignity and respect they deserve.

Riley Moore

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Michigan is heartbroken by the loss of Officer Courts. Officer Courts was a dedicated public servant and proud Detroiter. Yesterday, Officer Courts made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.

Gretchen Whitmer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are... past the point of no return. I can not sacrifice my personal integrity to defend things as they stand now.

Northern Ireland

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

She is 18 years now and living with her mother, this did not occur under my roof. I do not condone this, but since I ’m unable to prevent it, I urged her to keep it classy, creative and not sacrifice her integrity.

Charlie Sheen

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

If you have bought 1000 nos share @ Rs.99, then you will often find that its price is moving in the range of Rs.95-98 but not touching Rs.99 or going over it. So you will be tempted to buy @ Rs.95 to average and gain profit. But the day you will buy you will usually find that its price is now not touching Rs.95 and rather has started hovering in the range of Rs.90-94. Averaging is not solution rater best tactic is to sacrifice 100 shares @ Rs.98 and make a few loss because then it will baffle your web trading platform and so price will starting going up and then you can send the balance 900 shares @Rs.102 or more within a week time

Lakshheish M Patel

added by laksheispatel
1 year ago

She is 18 years now and living with her mother, this did not occur under my roof. I do not condone this, but since I’m unable to prevent it, I urged her to keep it classy, creative and not sacrifice her integrity.

Charlie Sheen

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I applaud the courage displayed by CORE members at the Apple store in Towson for achieving this historic victory, they made a huge sacrifice for thousands of Apple employees across the nation who had all eyes on this election.

International Association of Machinists

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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