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Recent Examples of immolateHer ex-boyfriend Joel (Kyle Gallner) arrives just in time to witness Rose, now possessed, immolate herself, thereby transferring the curse to him.—
Jane Lacroix,
People.com,
15 May 2025 Because the courts were never going to be a substitute for Congress and the public standing up to a self-immolating executive branch.—
Leah Litman,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025 Advertisement To some, the self-immolating media blitz recast Crowley as willing to speak truth to power and stand up for her troops amid one of the worst urban firestorms in California history.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025 Hart thus far has used his own mysterious power to immolate both a young boy and Emperor Corrino’s (Mark Strong) trusted Truthsayer Kasha, and severely singe Emperor Richese.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
5 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for immolate
Bible readers may wonder how this fit with Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac at God’s command, and philosophers have occasionally tried to reconcile the two stories with textual twists.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Sep. 2026
Asking an 18- or 21-year-old athlete to sacrifice some portion of a present opportunity for an uncertain benefit that may principally accrue to someone else five or 10 years in the future is an inherently difficult organizing proposition.