Examples of abnegation in a Sentence
the couple's sudden abnegation of life in the fast lane for work as missionaries stunned everyone
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The feats, the ecstasies, the prostrations and abnegations.
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
Is that an abnegation of interviewer responsibility?
—David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
The life that Alharthi describes is one of almost saintly self-abnegation.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
His naïve insolence punctures the vanities of other filmmakers while offering no alternative, and the movie that results is a joyless, confused self-abnegation.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
Is that an abnegation of interviewer responsibility?
—David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
The life that Alharthi describes is one of almost saintly self-abnegation.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
His naïve insolence punctures the vanities of other filmmakers while offering no alternative, and the movie that results is a joyless, confused self-abnegation.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
See All Example Sentences for abnegation
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“Abnegation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abnegation. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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