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How to use the word sacrifice in a Sentence? Page #5

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I want to share my story to give people hope in the world, i'd like to recognize the selflessness of my donor, and how none of this would be possible without his sacrifice.

Joe Dimeo

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This is a very special group. It starts with our stars, Rudy (Gobert) and Don, two of the most unselfish stars you’re going to find in the league, and that kind of just trickles down to every player on our roster. We just sacrifice for each other.

Mike Conley

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Having seen them on the front lines of this battle for nearly a year, and now having had my own life in their hands, I will always remember their heroism and dedication and all that they sacrifice and risk as they fight this dangerous illness on behalf of their countrymen.

Lana Marks

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Why should we sacrifice nature for the sake of development? we need to transform the concept of a conventional city into that of a futuristic one.

Prince Mohammed

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

For politicians who have been preaching to us to restrict our activities, to restrict our social gatherings, to see our elderly loved ones through iPad and glass windows, for them to then ignore the sacrifice of others for their personal pleasure,( it) is hard to articulate how deeply disturbing that is, it truly feels like an insult.

Quebecs Covid-19

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Officer Brian Sicknick, my constituent, was 42 years old, a military veteran who served in the US Capitol Police for 12 years, he made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting those trapped in the Capitol amid a violent assault on our democracy itself. He deserves to lie in state.

Don Beyer

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Had I made that sacrifice and, you know, didn't spend, you know, 30-40 minutes with my mom -- they would still be here.

Mike Bruno

Found on CNN
3 years ago

[I would ask if] I was doing the absolute best job in the portrayal of the earlier years ... because theres so much of what happens there in the struggle and the sacrifice that informs everything that happens to her down the road and, well, not just her, for the whole family.

Ricardo Chavira

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Santiago Potes is so complete. Santiago Potes's a well-rounded human being, with the highest moral caliber, with a sense of justice, with a sense of what is excellence, and willing to sacrifice for excellence, not for show, but for excellence itself.

Marina Esteva

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The more compatible you are with justice, the less you will have to sacrifice of yourself.

Ryan Pack

added by anonymous
3 years ago

I can sacrifice all my five sons to protect the Prophets honor.

Arshad Mehmood

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

My heart is filled with happiness, i can sacrifice all my five sons to protect the Prophets honor.

Arshad Mehmood

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

People have made a huge sacrifice, they have sacrificed their social lives, their family interactions their mobility and so on. And emissions have declined quite markedly because of that. But we also see that these emission reductions are very temporary, and why is that ? It's because these emissions reductions were the result of changing or reducing our activities, but not the cause of any structural change of how our society actually works.

Joeri Rogelj

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Duty, honor, country : These are values that drive our service members, an all-voluntary outfit. President Trump has demonstrated President Trump has no sense of service ; no loyalty to any cause other than President Trump, if I have the honor to be the next commander in chief, I will ensure that our American heroes know that I have their back, honor their sacrifice, and those that have been injured will be in military parades.

Beau Biden

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This is not about you, this is about our children. This is about our next generation... I can appeal to them that you need to do this. You need to do this little sacrifice because we have to ensure that our environment is safe for our children to grow.

Clayton Chau

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Military service doesn't just take courage and sacrifice from those in uniform -- they're required from their families, too, beau Biden understands those sacrifices because Beau Biden has made them Beau Biden. When Beau Biden son Beau enlisted in the Army and deployed to Iraq, that burden was shouldered by Beau Biden family as well.

Tammy Duckworth

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The Democrats are barely even pretending to negotiate, the Speaker's latest spin is that it is some heroic sacrifice to lower The Democrats demand from a made-up $ 3.5 trillion marker that was never going to become law, to an equally made-up $ 2.5 trillion marker. The Democrats calls this meeting in the middle. That's not negotiating. That's throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks.

Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This is not a victory lap, this is not a celebration. If anything, it's evidence that the decisions and the sacrifice that Arizonans are making are working.

Doug Ducey

Found on CNN
3 years ago

All of our officers have placed themselves, and their families, at increased risk throughout the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we honor their sacrifice today.

Angeles Police Protective League

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We rise, our backs unbowed, tongues untied, no more standing in the back of the line, feet shuffling, pretending to be dumb so others feel smart; no more being knocked down so others can stand on us to be taller; we are not satisfied with a half-loaf, not satisfied with another man’s leftovers. Those days are gone. We will live like people, not pigs corralled and slaughtered. This is our country; we, too, sing America. White people can go back to England, go back to Germany, go back to Ireland, but we are not going anywhere. America is the home we built. We will honor the pain, suffering, and sacrifice of our ancestors by working to create a just society, by dismantling patterns of injustice. We will not be invisible. We will not shut up. We are the fast train coming.

David Pilgrim

added by anonymous
3 years ago

I sort of made that sacrifice -- I recognize my privilege. many who are feeling some kind of way, who would like to see changes, don't have the voice or avenue to do that.

Mark Luckie

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Sacrifice is the measured of love

Nwiue lucky peter

added by profpeterson
3 years ago

I was touched seeing that she can sympathize and acknowledge the sacrifice of the doctors who risked and lost their lives.

Doi Xuan Hieu

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Without sacrifice, there can be no forward movement, you have to give up something before you can receive something and usually that something is much better.

Tommie Smith

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

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