How To Use Self-denying In A Sentence
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Co. Professor Fisher, in allowing the subject of this biography to tell the story of his life, restricts himself very self-denyingly to here and there a line of introduction or comment.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866
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The two figures, one highly individualised, dedicated to self-assertion and pleasure-seeking, the other ascetic and self-denying, are sharply contrasted.
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Touching ecclesiastical officers, the apostle's evident scope is to urge them not to be proud of their spiritual gifts, (which in those days abounded,) but to think soberly, self-denyingly of themselves, and to use all their gifts well.
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
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Again the overall approach is Spartan in its self-denying austerity and yet has a wholly characteristic eagle-eyed intensity.
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Being a poor man, filling a place fit only for rich men, he had been driven to think of money, and had become self-denying and parsimonious - perhaps we may say hungry and close-fisted.
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Sargent is portrayed as modest, self-denying and unambitious, the antithesis of the preening Oxford peacocks.
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Though trained as a chemist, he is considered an excellent theologian, and he is legendary for his simple and self-denying way of life: he lives in unadorned rooms near the cathedral in Buenos Aires and takes the bus to his appointments.
The Year of two Popes
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The two figures, one highly individualised, dedicated to self-assertion and pleasure-seeking, the other ascetic and self-denying, are sharply contrasted.
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Oh! if they would faithfully, humbly, and self-denyingly lay out themselves for Christ and his Church, and never think of titles and reputation, they should then have honor whether they would or not; but by gaping after it, they lose it: for, this is the case of virtue's shadow, ` What follows I fly; what flies, the same I follow. '
The Reformed Pastor
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Absolutely all, with Allegre self-denyingly on her right hand, with that impenetrable air of guardianship.
The Arrow of Gold
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The First Amendment permits, but doesn’t guaranty, robust expression, and you can’t have robustness when there’s a self-denying ordinance at work that protects certain pieties from being questioned.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Street Preacher Arrested in England for Public Statements That Homosexuality is a Sin
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In 1644, Parliament passed Self-Denying Ordinance, intended to get soldiers out of Parliament, for the Roundhead army was largely officered by MPs.
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Absolutely all, with Allègre self-denyingly on her right hand, with that impenetrable air of guardianship.
The Arrow of Gold : A Story Between Two Notes
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I was confronted with the official ultimatum and _sine quâ non_, and have subsequently learnt that the cause of this self-denying ordinance is due to the uncontrollable enthusiasm of British Public for works of art, which leads them to signify approbation by puncturing innumerable orifices by dint of sticks or umbrellas in the process of pointing out tit-bits of painting, and on account of the detrimental influence on the marketable value of pictures thus distinguished by the plerophory of the _Vox Populi_.
Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.
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And in particular, how mercifully hath the Lord dealt with this poor county of Worcester, in raising up so many who do credit to the sacred office, and self-denyingly and freely, zealously and unweariedly, lay out themselves for the good of souls!
The Reformed Pastor
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They belong to an older, more self-denying generation.
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She came in every day, and she self-denyingly kept her promise.
The Woman in White
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Self-Denying of Conscience" is his great contribution to philosophy, and is said to be able to contact the noumenon with phenomenon.
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Self-Denying of Conscience" is his great contribution to philosophy, and is said to be able to contact the noumenon with phenomenon.
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The holiest will be the humblest and most self-forgetting, the gentlest and most self-denying, the kindest and most thoughtful of others for Jesus 'sake.
Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy
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Joy advocates a policy of "relinquishment" -- a self-denying ordinance by which nations, commercial organizations and scientists would agree that certain technological advances were simply too dangerous to be worth pursuing.
After Sheep And Pigs, Goo
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We need a self-denying process, for without denial, the load of cultural development would be heavy.
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He opened a school, began stated services of worship, and went about among the people, living simply, self-denyingly, and prayerfully.
Stories Worth Rereading
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On the other hand, (we speak it advisedly,) no class of men in Europe strive more earnestly and self-denyingly to improve the condition of those dependent on them, to build good houses for their tenants, open schools for the children, and drain and fertilize the land.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866
