How To Use self-preservation In A Sentence
- It was his instinct for self-preservation that led him to abandon his former friends and transfer his allegiance to the new rulers.
- Her dominating instinct for self-preservation told her she was in silhouette against the lift's light to anyone out there in the darkness. A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
- Seen in this context, walking off the fiscal cliff is not so much a death wish as an act of national self-preservation. Times, Sunday Times
- Chaos theory conveniently dovetails with this instinct of military self-preservation.
- Her recapture was a bloody deed, but the law of self-preservation is inexorable under such circumstances. The Adventure Of Elizabeth Morey, of New York 1901
- Private Rudi Leshko, one of those recently debussed onto his feet from within the cramped BMP, was among the handful who at once tried to move ahead, as much for self-preservation as of aggressive intent. First Clash
- At what point do we let our sense of self-preservation take over?
- What I find repulsive is that the Court goes out of its way to diminish the importance of the right to self-preservation. The Volokh Conspiracy » Second Circuit Due Process Victory for Connecticut Carry Permit Holders
- Both super-powers shared the instinct for self-preservation and negotiated continuously in search of credible systems of nuclear deterrents.
- Einstein's theory of relativity was ostracized by many scientists in the cause of self-preservation, while quantum mechanics and cybernetics were virtually banned.
