sacrificial
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When love is the way, unselfish, sacrificial, redemptive, when love is the way, then no child will go to bed hungry in this world ever again. — Elizabeth Angell, Town & Country, "Who Is Bishop Michael Curry?," 5 Dec. 2018 When love is the way, unselfish, sacrificial, redemptive, when love is the way, then no child will go to bed hungry in this world ever again. — Elizabeth Angell, Town & Country, "Who Is Bishop Michael Curry?," 5 Dec. 2018 When love is the way, unselfish, sacrificial, redemptive, when love is the way, then no child will go to bed hungry in this world ever again. — Lyndsey Matthews, Harper's BAZAAR, "Reverend Michael Curry Electrified the Royal Wedding With a Moving Sermon," 19 May 2018 When love is the way - unselfish, sacrificial, redemptive. — Fox News, "Love and fire: Text of Michael Curry's royal wedding address," 19 May 2018 When love is the way, unselfish, sacrificial, redemptive, then no child will go to bed hungry in this world ever again. — Katherine Rosenberg-douglas, chicagotribune.com, "Royal wedding: 10 quotes from the Most Rev. Michael Curry's powerful sermon," 19 May 2018 When love is the way -- unselfish, sacrificial, redemptive, when love is the way. — Cnn Staff, CNN, "Bishop Michael Curry's sermon -- the full text," 19 May 2018 Folded stacks of colorful fabrics line the vestibule walls between tribal dancers’ masks and the lustrous sculpture of an ancient tumi ax used in the sacrificial ceremonies. — Craig Laban, Philly.com, "At Vista Peru, a view of promise, pisco and problems," 18 May 2018 And sacrificial victims earned a special, honored place in the afterlife. — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, "Feeding the gods: Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrifice in Aztec capital," 21 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sacrificial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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