How To Use Self-denial In A Sentence
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Man was not a sinful creature who could only be saved by self-denial while patiently awaiting death and ultimately salvation.
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The Duchess of York was one of the highest feeders in England: as this was an unforbidden pleasure she indulged herself in it, as an indemnification for other self-denials.
Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
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This is the beginning of a life long enculturation that emphasizes self-denial, collectivism, and interdependence with regard to the family.
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When critics say he is in denial, he agrees. But it is healthy self-denial, he says, which he likens to a recovering alcoholic resisting a drink.
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For the gamblers, sharpers, and confidence men who exploited the wilder side of Gilded Age America, that critique required a fair amount of self-denial (especially coming from Barnum, himself a master of the con).
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Because of their emphasis on self-denial no more lattes!
How to Keep Your Money Resolutions
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What happens when actual self-denial is required?
Times, Sunday Times
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This attempt at self-denial lasted approximately one minute, after which I gave up and found myself agreeing with all the bad-tempered, curmudgeonly opinions being aired.
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Should motherhood necessarily mean sacrifice and self-denial?
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In what way does the self-denial of something make you more mindful of Christ and the kingdom of God?
Eugene Cho: God On Lent: 'Umm, I Didn't Ask You To Give Up Coffee. I Asked You To Give Up Your Life'
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We all understand self-indulgence but are afraid that self-denial might be beyond us.
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Hinayana self-denial, and tinged with the Vajrayana culture of "Lamaism," as Hegel calls it, which would have been highly visible to Samuel Turner.
Hegel on Buddhism
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The common ground between the practice of S/M as the invention of new pleasures that would allow us to see bodily pleasures as de-genitalized in an unfamiliar way, and an askesis construed, in accordance with its original meaning, as an exercise on oneself rather than simply a self-denial, an exercise that will allow us to create new forms of self and being, is fairly clear.
Foucault and the Hedgerow History of Sexuality
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But in our society the self-denial of which we speak has a moral dimension which is not strongly recognised in all civilisations.
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So my Lord Castlewood remained a nonjuror all his life nearly, though his self-denial caused him many a pang, and left him sulky and out of humor.
The History of Henry Esmond
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My hand does not drift below my waist—self-denial is a new concept for me.
Miracles, Inc.
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By now, she knew she could no longer hide from her true feelings, donning a mask of self-denial.
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It succeeded because it matched discipline with self-denial.
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They are proud to transmit their title untarnished to their descendants, are ready to make serious sacrifices in its behalf, to exercise the rigid self-denials of family control for its sake, and to engrave the motto of "noblesse oblige" on their hearts in order to sustain it; but they bitterly complain that without the majorat, and the transmission of outward, visible supports in land and houses to strengthen it, the empty sound carries little weight.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.)
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At the same time, the media dodos who are still in self-denial over devolution continue to twitter, irrespective of the evidence.
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The beautiful irony of slavery was that it guaranteed food, shelter, clothing, health care, and child care for the enslaved—and even allowed for the acquisition of luxuries and money—without requiring the self-denial of “free” labor.
A Renegade History of the United States
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Street painting is sustained in equal measure by the public adoration of icons and artistic self-denial.
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They are unrelaxed and therefore unrelaxing, reek of self-denial and vibrate with unfinished business.
Times, Sunday Times
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Cold showers, self-denial, and a daily ration of physical discomfort were considered character-forming.
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I know, self-denial isn't really your thing, but find less expensive ways of entertaining yourself.
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It was the crystallization of a life of the most determined self-denial.
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Accompanying this disdain for people is a self-righteous delusion that they alone are saving the planet with their steady diet of self-denial.
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‘We tend to think of self-denial as punishment,’ she says.
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Trust me, as someone who runs a cafe, has his offices in this cafe, and has access to free Stumptown Coffee whenever I want, this will certainly be a test of self-denial.
Eugene Cho: God On Lent: 'Umm, I Didn't Ask You To Give Up Coffee. I Asked You To Give Up Your Life'
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Second, to remove the standard dessert from the menu would penalise all those people who derive pleasure from conspicuous self-denial.
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Auster speaks of ‘…an art that springs from self-denial and spiritual struggle, from the search for one's own limits’.
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In practice it entails self-surrender, resignation to God's will, yielding to others, self-denial, contentment, and a quiet spirit.
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Read a boys 'book and you will find it full of fun and adventures and excitement, but girls are supposed to care about nothing but wish-wash, about self-denial and being good, and all that.
Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls
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Second, to remove the standard dessert from the menu would penalise all those people who derive pleasure from conspicuous self-denial.
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Those scrupulous enough to have gone through the period of Lent with any amount of self-denial can look forward to enjoying the good things in life again.
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Lastly, self-denial is required because of sin.
Christianity Today
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a quiet, unobtrusive life of self-denial
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But this too became for Beethoven ‘another form of self-denial,’ while musically he worked out ‘possible reconfigurations of musical form… [in order] to sound unplumbed depths of expressivity.’
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Much as he deplores the disembodiment he finds at the heart of dying-to-know narratives, some kind of self-denial, he decides, is essential for the good, if not the true.
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It were a better feeling if the "gentlefolk" would only patronize ornaments of a certain value, or none at all, but I suppose such a stretch of self-denial would be quite beyond the powers of resistance pertaining to human, or rather woman's nature.
Shams
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At the back of our decision in this problematical appeal is the fact that an orderly use of available national forums depends upon a combination of mutual respect and self-denial on the part of their respective courts.
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Showing mercy to others, like being poor, or mourning, or being meek, or like hunger and thirst, is a quality of soul that necessitates death, self-denial, perhaps even significant personal loss.
Eric Simpson: Those Who Are Merciful Will Obtain Mercy
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Dedication requires concentration, self-denial and involves the loss of enjoyment opportunities.
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She is passionately curious, outspoken and emotional, and yet her need for approval leads to an adolescence dominated by attempts at religious self-denial.
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Their dangerous, uncontrolled sexuality is destined to be muted by the life-long practice of inhuman austerities and self-denial.
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They shared a common acceptance that chastity was formed by exercises in self-denial comparable to athletic training.
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Rather than glory in our differences as the markers of our superiority over others, we need to handle our spiritual heritage with humility and self-denial.
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By a devout, consecrating self-denial which manifests itself in eating and drinking, in singing and dancing, at kirmess, charity balls, amateur theatricals, garden parties; where the cost of our XV.
At the Mercy of Tiberius
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It is difficult to bring ourselves to sacrifice and self-denial, because in political, public and private life we have long since dropped the golden key of self-restraint to the ocean floor.
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GALLAGHER: Well, self-flagellation is an extreme form of self - denial, what they call mortification, and which, in fact, is not unknown to the Catholic religion, or indeed other religions that practice self-denial and that encourage self-denial, sacrifice, for one's own good.
CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2002
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She allows no makeshifts for the discipline of hard work and of self-denial, for the culture of all the strengthful qualities.
Black and White
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There is the self-denial of the musician who devotes all her time and energy to mastering her musical instrument.
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The most fervent Jansenists opted for a life of severe self-denial and constant prayer, in retreat from the world.
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Waves of immigrant parents worked hard and practiced self-denial so their children could succeed.
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Should motherhood necessarily mean sacrifice and self-denial?
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Push a gay person to a point of shame and self-denial — the closet is a far worse place than you can imagine, and leads to far more destructive behavior than you realize.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause
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For the exceptional practitioner of self-denial a special prize is in store.
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That year, a letter to the Newport Mercury, authored by “Frugality,” continued the redefinition of American freedom as self-denial: “We may talk and boast of liberty; but after all, the industrious and frugal only will be free.”
A Renegade History of the United States
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Many also practised severe austerities, subjecting themselves to extremes of temperature, hunger and thirst, painful bodily distortions, and various other kinds of self-denial.
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On the precept of self-denial he takes notice, that by it Christ commands us, first, to be crucified to our own flesh and will; secondly, to spare ourselves in nothing; thirdly, not only to deny ourselves, but thoroughly to deny ourselves; by this little particle _thoroughly_, adding great force to his precept.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
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Combine these qualities of self-denial and there is a propensity for deep unhappiness.
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There is here a kind of self-denial and demand for trust which a man might very well hate and resent.
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Unfortunately, the self-denial of President Asif Zardari, Prime Minister Yousef Gilani, and Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Kayani runs so deep that they don't realize how precarious their position is.
Neetu Mahil: Waking Up to the Awakening
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To the rich, you must show the vanity of this world; and the nature and necessity of self-denial; and the damnableness of preferring the present state to the next; together with the necessity of improving their talents in doing good to others.
The Reformed Pastor
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Cold showers, self-denial and a daily ration of physical discomfort were de rigueur and considered character forming.
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‘It offers them an opportunity to practise self-denial,’ he says.
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Our vows are not of celibacy or self-denial, but of temperance and self-moderation.
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No one denies self-denial and noble altruism are generative of a host of spiritual benefits.
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In fact, I understand the significance of self-denial, but if we're not careful, we can so easily just fall into religious practice for the sake of religious practice.
Eugene Cho: God On Lent: 'Umm, I Didn't Ask You To Give Up Coffee. I Asked You To Give Up Your Life'
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Eventually Collingwood, unable to maintain his puritan self-denial any longer, aimed a mighty legside heave at Shakib Al Hasan and top-edged a catch to the substitute wicketkeeper, Junaid Siddique, to bring to a close a colourless 33 that contained a single boundary to help illuminate the proceedings.
Ian Bell helps England stroll past Bangladesh at Trent Bridge
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He realises that self-denial can all too easily become self-glorification, but he is oddly blind to the hedonistic streak in epistemological narratives of extinguishing the self for the sake of fact.
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Second, to remove the standard dessert from the menu would penalise all those people who derive pleasure from conspicuous self-denial.
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American schools in the early nineteenth century taught children to avoid the “frivolities” of play and to make themselves “useful” through the exercise of self-denial.
A Renegade History of the United States
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They should be preserved if only for this example of self-denial.
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Sexual self-denial, instead of leading to sublimation, may lead to nervous disorder when the erotic tension, failing to find a natural outlet and not sublimated to higher erotic or non-erotic ends in the real world, is transmuted into an unreal dreamland, thus undergoing what Jung terms introversion; while there are also the people already referred to, in whom immature childish sexuality persists into an adult stage of development it is no longer altogether in accord with, so that conflict, with various possible trains of nervous symptoms, may result.
On Life and Sex: Essays of Love and Virtue
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A real person has to go through so much self-denial to fulfil this idealised image.
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First you put out every conceivable article on the bed or floor, and then with an air of self-denial you say, "There, that will be enough;" and when you find an additional portmanteau lugged out, you ask with an air of astonishment
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada
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How often will men’s actions and expressions be outwardly clothed with a habit of condescendency and self-denial!
The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
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For one, a being not purified by the rigors of self-denial would have power over a place kept from all but the purged and the perfect.
THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
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It seems clear, however, that the cardinal deliberately exposed himself to temptation, as if to test the strength of his self-control and self-denial.
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Should motherhood necessarily mean sacrifice and self-denial?
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Far from being born in sin and condemned to find salvation only self-denial, we are basically good and happy beings, and can realize that fact by consciously believing it is true.
