Examples of 'self-denial' in a sentence

Meaning of "self-denial"

self-denial (noun) - the denial of one's own interests, desires, or needs
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  • Action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others.

How to use "self-denial" in a sentence

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Self-denial and mortification of the flesh.
To live evangelical self-denial in an ecclesial perspective.
Self-denial is seen as a virtue in this regard.
I stopped to blow after days of self-denial.
Fasting and self-denial are servants of prayer.
So she rejects her offspring in self-denial.
Your self-denial is really quite remarkable.
To be resigned means to find satisfaction in self-denial.
The supreme self-denial is found in the coitus.
That is going to imply a certain level of self-denial.
In every home lessons of self-denial should be taught.
Radical self-denial gives the feel of adventure.
One of the key principles to tantra is self-denial.
Jesus demands self-denial as a necessary condition of discipleship.
Your whole life has been a celebration of self-denial.

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Self-denial will never lead to mental independence.
I do everything with a sense of sacrifice and self-denial.
Self-denial is the way we express our repentance.
Then it will be a movie on the meaning of self-denial.
Such a radical self-denial is impossible without grace.
A period of such abstention or self-denial.
It means self-denial and taking up your cross.
Love is also strengthened by self-denial and mortification.
Self-denial is an essential element in overcoming all three temptations.
I would like to give some example of self-denial.
Your capacity for self-denial never ceases to amaze me.
Charles was a devoted worker who practiced self-denial.
Masculinity is linked to self-denial when put in a male perspective.
His self-denial is reminiscent of the hanging tarot figure.
Lent is about sacrifice and growth through self-denial.
Self-denial does not mean targeting the evil society.
We are taught to spend our entire lives cowering in self-denial.
The human capacity for self-denial never ceases to amaze.
Social life can be bettered only by individual self-denial.
I do not believe this self-denial can be good for you.
It was the crystallization of a life of the most determined self-denial.
This separateness and this self-denial are not for ever.
We do not physically die on the inward cross of self-denial.
The spiritual value of self-denial is to help us be grateful and empathetic.
Your anger is balancing your earth eons of self-denial.
It must be a great self-denial to you not to fly up to the trees.
They found their identity in the act of self-denial.
Necessity for self-denial and living above the world.
They are the living image of self-denial and faith.
Self-denial is a vital force that contributes paradoxically to the development of man.
There is nothing lost by faith and self-denial in obedience.
Self-denial does not mean the loss of our identity as some suppose.
An ascetic is someone who lives a life of rigorous self-denial.
To say it another way, perfect self-denial is what is implied in being benevolent.
My plan was to learn something about myself through self-denial.

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