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Definition of Sacrificing
1. sacrifice [v] - See also: sacrifice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sacrificing
Literary usage of Sacrificing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"While sacrificing hands upraise The chalice flowing to the brim. Tell no more of
enchanted days. And still you hold our longing gaze With languorous look ..."
2. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1899)
"It was he who above all gave dignity to the slow and patient processes of
investigation, of experiment, of comparison, to the sacrificing of hypothesis to ..."
3. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1901)
"Therefore, I thought I acted according to my principles by refusing, and sacrificing
appearances to reality. I communicated my resolution to Grimm, ..."
4. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1901)
"Therefore, I thought I acted according to my principles by refusing, and sacrificing
appearances to reality. I communicated my resolution to Grimm, ..."
5. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1850)
"... of material importance to the general administration of the government, it
will become a bad one, sacrificing primary to secondary considerations. ..."
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