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Sentences starting with sacrifice

Sacrifice and again sacrifice, according to the Minorite, was the magic spell that opened the gates of heaven, and what harder sacrifice could he offer than that of his love? [10]
Sacrifice it is. [11]

Sentences ending with sacrifice

He could not write about the sixteenth century any more than we could read about it, while the nineteenth was in the very agony and bloody sweat of its great sacrifice. [6]
He had already whispered this intention to Myrtilus, when he heard Daphne's companion say to Thyone, "Philotas will accompany us, and on this voyage they will plight their troth if Aphrodite's powerful son accepts my sacrifice. [10]
She loved me truly; but this--this--Ah; even for her, this is too great a sacrifice! [10]
I've come here to-night for a cause--no, don't start, it's not you, Betty, though you are worth any sacrifice. [11]
We have seen Titian's celebrated Cain and Abel, his David and Goliah, his Abraham's Sacrifice. [5]
If it be Thy will, let my soul be cast away; but for the soul of him whose body I slew, and for his land, let my life be the long sacrifice. [11]
So used are the young to the acceptance of the sacrifice of the old that they lose sight of that sacrifice. [9]
He has told the truth, but he is making the sacrifice. [11]
They look like the rolling smoke of incense, of sacrifice. [11]
It is undoubtedly the greatest idea for which man has been summoned to make the supreme sacrifice. [9]

Short sentences using sacrifice

He'd sacrifice anything to them. [8]
I had to sacrifice. [11]
They make the sacrifice freely. [5]
Sacrifice, all, would be easier. [11]
I sacrifice myself. [6]
It requires sacrifice. [10]
The sacrifice. [5]

Sentences containing sacrifice two or more times

He who carves them, serves them and offers sacrifice to them; aye and a great sacrifice, for he devotes his best powers, to their service. [10]
He knew well that if Ingolby remained blind he would never marry Fleda, though he also knew well that, with her nature, almost fanatical in its convictions, she would sacrifice herself, if sacrifice was the name for it. [11]
There came to him with sudden force how these two comrades had been ever ready to sacrifice themselves for him, and he ready to accept the sacrifice. [11]
I am far from deploring sacrifice, yet common-sense tells us that our sacrifice should be guided by judgment, that foolish sacrifices are worse than useless. [9]

More example sentences with the word sacrifice in them

He had loved Zoe in a way that in a mother would have meant martyrdom, if necessary, and in a father would have meant sacrifice when needed; and indeed he had sacrificed both time and money to find Zoe. [11]
Fear not for your granddaughters, sisters, playfellows and betrothed: From the earliest ages a stringent law forbade the sacrifice of Egyptian blood; strangers were to perish, or those who worshipped other gods than those in Egypt. [10]
His worst enemy, your brother, would probably sacrifice himself for his welfare sooner than I. [10]
But I know you well," he exclaimed, his manner changing, "you are making this great sacrifice on my account. [9]
Mr. Beaton said you we' a pofect Bahyard in friendship, and you would sacrifice anything to it. [8]
Did you, after you saw me in the court of sacrifice, not think of me so often and so vividly that it astonished you? [10]
I know it would be a sacrifice of time, in a sense, and all that, but--" He paused, and looked at Austen. [9]
It is his work if she cleaves to the religious belief of her people, if she who is a Hellene to the last drop of blood loves Egypt, and is ready to make any sacrifice for her independence and grandeur. [10]
When she was with Stanhope such a sacrifice seemed as impossible as it would be cruel, but when she was with Mrs. Bartlett Glow, or alone, the subject took another aspect. [4]
I can say with conscious truth that there is not a man on earth who would sacrifice more than I would to relieve us from this heavy reproach in any practicable way. [7]
And, if you wish to remain where you are, you will do well to sacrifice your wild ambition. [10]
Bring roses, bring wine, that we may sacrifice to Eros, and pour libations to Dionysus. [10]
For to-day we will close the temple gates, solemnize the festival among ourselves, and allow no one to enter our precincts for sacrifice and prayer till the fate of the sisters is made certain. [10]
To-morrow morning there will be a tabu, and, if the sacrifice be delayed until that time, forty men must die. [5]
Of the millions who tremble before him, not one prays or offers sacrifice of his own free-will for the prosperity of the monarch. [10]
A certain sentiment which we may call pride was so strong in him that he felt ready to make almost any sacrifice to prevent it. [9]
The old aqueduct, which supplied the courts of sacrifice and the Subterranean crypts of the temple where the mysteries of Serapis were celebrated, passed close by the back-wall of this warehouse. [10]
At Aelia Capitolina which Hadrian had decorated with several buildings, they refused to sacrifice to the statues of Zeus and Hera. [10]
It is doubtful whether Kamehameha approved of the plan of the chiefs and priests to sacrifice men, as he was known to say, 'The men are sacred for the King;' meaning that they were for the service of his successor. [5]
But shall Charmian--who, when her heart throbbed still more warmly and life lay fair before her, laid her first love upon the altar of sacrifice for her royal playfellow--abandon Cleopatra in misfortune from mere selfish scruples? [10]
He might as well offer a sacrifice at Conrad's grave. [8]
Softly and calmly we refused to sacrifice, thanked the imperial official, who warned us kindly, and in the same hour and place we fell into the hands of the torturers. [10]
Now, if ever, was the time to offer sacrifice for Caesar and for the mitigation of his sufferings. [10]
When her prayer was over and the sacrifice offered, the youths fell asleep, and never woke again. [10]
Indeed, Jean Jacques was living in a dream in these dark days--a dream of renunciation and sacrifice, and in the spirit of one who gives up all to some great cause. [11]
When the death-moment was come, the colonel and his officers took their several posts, the men stood at shoulder-arms, and so, as on dress-parade, with their flag flying and the drums beating, they went down, a sacrifice to duty for duty's sake. [5]
He said: "I was a seller of such stuffs in Colombo, and these I brought with me, because I could not dispose of them without sacrifice when I left hurriedly. [11]
In short, he was a product of the period since the civil war closed, that great upheaval of patriotic feeling and sacrifice, which ended in so much expansion and so many opportunities. [4]
But now they wanted her to sacrifice the very thing that constituted the whole reward for her self-sacrifice and the whole meaning of her life. [2]
But when, after waking the priest, she had asked how much a goat might cost for sacrifice, her countenance cleared, for her savings were enough to pay for it and for a young cock as well. [10]
Had Sophonisba's heart uttered the "yes," or had she made a heavy sacrifice for him and his safety? [10]
When you see us offering sacrifice at the foot of a marble image you must not suppose that the lifeless, perishable stone is the object of our adoration. [10]
I was brought up to believe that patriotism had an element of sacrifice in it, but I can't see ours. [9]
What they both understood was that Dryfoos was endeavoring to get at Beaton through Conrad's memory; but with one this was its dedication to a purpose of self sacrifice, and with the other a vulgar and shameless use of it. [8]
We tried to trade him off at private vendue next, offering him at a sacrifice for second-hand tombstones, old iron, temperance tracts--any kind of property. [5]
No sacrifice seemed too great to see Anna again, and what the messenger had accomplished, he too might succeed in doing. [10]
Capable of sacrifice to their country, personal ambition is, nevertheless, the mainspring of their actions. [9]
I consecrated him to the Saviour, and as a pure sacrifice he must receive him from his father's hand. [10]
It pointed him to the kingdom of heaven and its bliss, which could be purchased only by severe sacrifice and the endurance of every grief which the Saviour had taken upon Himself. [10]
For what?--a sacrifice to the gods you have offended in your classic existence? [11]
It was wise to sacrifice the transitory pleasures of earth to loftier purposes. [10]
You--you ask me to sacrifice my principles and yield to men who are deliberately obstructing the war? [9]
You are willing to sacrifice me for him, and you think I do not understand. [11]
He was called to sacrifice his living, his position, his intimacies, to a doubt, and he gave them all up without a murmur. [6]
She was ready to sacrifice everything for her benefactors. [2]
He couldn't decide to sacrifice anything as long as he had a margin of profit. [4]
And he said to me: 'Carl, if ever your new Vaterland, the good Republic, be in danger, sacrifice all. [9]
I was willing to make almost any sacrifice rather than offend him, but this I could not allow. [9]
I still believe to have stayed with him would have been a foolish and useless sacrifice . [9]
But to yield to Hardin under present circumstances seems to me as nothing else than yielding to one who would gladly sacrifice me altogether. [7]
The game had to be played, and won, and the winner had to sacrifice his pawns. [11]
They go out to battle in regular bands, and freely sacrifice their lives for the common weal. [1]
She had nothing to aid him save her prayers and the execution of the heavy sacrifice which she had resolved to make. [10]
So she went thither to pray and sacrifice for you, although she knew that you were prosecuting her brother, the very painter of whom I spoke. [10]
The people understand this well, and are ready to sacrifice themselves for us, when they see that we are ready to give up our own will to the law. [10]
He would put things straight with his foe before he slept; he would do it at any sacrifice to his pride. [11]
And yet might there not be an element of selfishness in this--might not its sacrifice be a family duty? [4]
Only now and then the thought of the sacrifice which the vehement Philip must make for his younger brother, and of the danger which still threatened Alexander, disturbed the cheerful contentment of her soul, rich as it was in glad hopes. [10]
To get into them at night one must sacrifice dignity; to get out of them in the morning, clad for the day, gives the proprietors a hard rub. [4]
I will sacrifice the wine; there are jars of wine there that were old in my father's time--but it must be so! [10]
I would make the sacrifice, ask you to make it, if it would be of any good. [9]
Above and beyond the sacrifice of a woman's life, the joy of possessing her soul and affection, is something more desirable still--fame and glory--personal fame and glory, The woman may share them, of course, and be content with the radiance. [9]
The family bore the sacrifice better than he did. [5]
Maria thought of the roast-pigeon, which had agreed with Bessie so well, and went to the musician, to ask if he could sacrifice another of his pets for her sister-in-law. [10]
A few of the richest of them were the most hopeless politically--ever ready to sacrifice principle for an extra dividend of a quarter per cent. [11]
Some indeed, in the red futile sacrifice, had found what they came to find; but some still were left whose recklessness did not avail. [11]
We will ask the priests to-morrow morning what sacrifice may redeem us. [10]
Then he ordered the less valuable of his two rings to be sold to offer a sacrifice to health-bestowing Isis, who had a little temple in Clysma. [10]
As soon as the king and his retinue had departed, the priests selected, for themselves, the best pieces of the flesh which had been offered in sacrifice, and allowed the thronging crowd to take the rest. [10]
Her position in the house was such that only by sacrifice could she show her worth, and she was accustomed to this and loved doing it. [2]
Then she recalled the hour when she had been ready and willing to be his, to sacrifice love and happiness only to soften his wild mood and protect others from his unbridled rage. [10]
The sacrifice of the good priest had not been in vain, and he came back with the joyous news of a peaceful conquest. [9]
A hint from the god to offer him a sacrifice on this happy day. [10]
All at once the full price of her sacrifice rushed upon her; and overpowered her. [11]
Finally, it took the form of a distinct question: is it good common sense to do the errand in daytime, when, by a little sacrifice of comfort and inclination, you can have night for it, and no inquisitive eyes around. [5]
Most important was the enmity of the Jesuits, whose hatred of Puritanism cried out for sacrifice. [11]
But how could the dreamer, whose first love affair had caused the total sacrifice of dignity and violation of the law, and who now seemed to have once more relapsed into the old state of torpor, attain the position? [10]
She had tasted the cup of bitterness and drunk of the waters of sacrifice. [11]
The door at the back, to the south, through which he was finally admitted, opened into a gallery passing by the great quadrangle where sacrifice was made, and leading to the inner rooms of the temple, to the cubicles among others. [10]
It angered him that she should press him to an act of sacrifice for the man who had so great an influence upon her. [11]
Orion must believe that she had done him a wrong; still, could that make him so far forget himself as to carry out his threats, and sacrifice an innocent man--to divert suspicion from himself, while he branded her as a false witness? [10]
The Scotch say, that no man ought to thin out his own turnips, because he will not sacrifice enough to leave room for the remainder to grow: he should get his neighbor, who does not care for the plants, to do it. [4]
Don't you understand that I am demanding the great sacrifice? [9]
Now she rejoiced that her wealthy father imposed no restriction upon her in the management of household affairs, for she need spare no expense in choosing the animal she intended to offer as a sacrifice. [10]
Do you mean that he would ever sacrifice you to Mr. [8]
True, he knew that he was capable of fidelity, for he clung to his friends with changeless loyalty, and was ready to make any sacrifice in their behalf. [10]
Having finished his tale about the enchanting Polish lady, the captain asked Pierre if he had ever experienced a similar impulse to sacrifice himself for love and a feeling of envy of the legitimate husband. [2]
His assistant, in sustaining him in the struggle he meant to enter, would be making even a greater sacrifice than himself. [9]
He knew that such a strike as this had engendered bitterness, there had been much suffering, sacrifice undoubtedly on both sides, but he was sure, if Mr. Antonelli and the Committee would accept their services here he was interrupted. [9]
It is a steam ram, built so as to sacrifice nearly all capacity for carrying to those of speed and strength, so as to be able to split any vessel having hollow enough in her to carry supplies for a voyage of any distance. [7]
Let all the standards be hoisted, and the garlands of flowers which will presently arrive from Arsinoe be fastened up on the pylons; have the animals brought in for sacrifice, and arrange a procession for the afternoon. [10]
Nor did they speak without reason; fever was preparing a victim for the sacrifice at Rahway, and Louis Bachelor was fed with its poison till he grew haggard and weak. [11]
At such moments something like a pride of sacrifice gathered in her soul. [2]
She purposed in solemn earnest henceforth at all times to devote herself to the happiness of others, and whereas that demanded heavy sacrifice, she was now ready to make it. [10]
Where are there so many gods and priests, where do they sacrifice so often, where do they fast and apply themselves so assiduously to repentance and the cleansing of the soul? [10]
As he did so his eyes sought his sister's, and his expressive features told her that he was imposing this sacrifice upon himself for her sake. [10]
His business was so crippled now, and so deranged, that to leave it would be ruin; therefore he sold out at a sacrifice that left him considerably reduced in worldly possessions, and began his voyage to San Francisco. [5]
He already saw Sister Death upon the threshold, and he wished to depart in peace and reap the reward for so much conflict, pain, and sacrifice. [10]
For Mena's sake she will sacrifice me and the whole world; Mena and Rameses are one, and if she discovers what we are plotting she will betray us without a moment's hesitation. [10]
Above all else she wanted to love him truly, and to be loved truly, and duty was to her a daily sacrifice, a constant memorial. [11]

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