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- verb Present participle of
sacrifice .
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Examples
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I now realize I erred in sacrificing an essential point, though I'm not sure it would've made a bit of difference in the funfest here.
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010
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Maybe, but for most Mexicans, the sacrificing is just beginning.
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Maybe, but for most Mexicans, the sacrificing is just beginning.
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I now realize I erred in sacrificing an essential point, though I'm not sure it would've made a bit of difference in the funfest here.
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010
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The young lady who comes out of school realizing what an expense her education has been to her parents, and resolves to repay them in sacrificing some pleasures for their sake, and strives by self-denial and cheerfulness to lighten their burdens; that young lady is seldom found later in life in the divorce courts, a martyr to marital incapability.
Between the School Room and the Altar, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) 2008
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The young lady who comes out of school realizing what an expense her education has been to her parents, and resolves to repay them in sacrificing some pleasures for their sake, and strives by self-denial and cheerfulness to lighten their burdens; that young lady is seldom found later in life in the divorce courts, a martyr to marital incapability.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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"There's no sense in sacrificing or risking his health."
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We do not believe in sacrificing freedom in the name of security.
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Needless to say he will turn himself into a sacrifice for the future and also demand that others follow suit in sacrificing themselves.
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Our lives are being spoiled by the unjust prejudice of your mother, and it is for you to consider whether you have not already done your duty in sacrificing two of the best years of your life out of respect to her.
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897
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