How to Use selfless in a Sentence

selfless

adjective
  • Part of my culture is that the mom should be selfless and live for her kids.
    Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2023
  • Both of them are so selfless and so brave to put all of their pain out there and to keep fighting.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Is this the altruism of a selfless person and my ego getting in the way?
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 16 Mar. 2023
  • As women, we have been told to be selfless and to think of others first.
    Holly Corbett, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • And thousands of newborns are alive thanks to her selfless work.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Jonathan is loved by many and was a great example of selfless love.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • All this in the context of a wilderness everybody wants a claim on, even the selfless ones.
    Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
  • The social media trolls who accuse her of doing a selfless act for a friend for the fame.
    Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 13 Feb. 2023
  • That is selfless, not to mention a story worth telling.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Thank you for working so hard babe and for being so selfless.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Get tissues ready to witness one of the most selfless and patient forms of love that graced our screens.
    Tomris Laffly, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Feb. 2023
  • But how much longer can the country expect teachers to be that selfless?
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • As a direct result of his selfless conduct, the lives of 29 soldiers were saved.
    Phil Gast, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Black has great size at point guard and is a selfless player willing to defend.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
  • Hwang nails the performance, showing there’s more to Eponine than a selfless street urchin with a crush on a boy.
    Joey Morona, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2022
  • None more so than your selfless warmth and humour through world lockdown.
    Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Your selfless gestures and kind words have given me strength in my darkest times.
    Nolan King, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The moral of the story is the value of friendship and community and learning from selfless acts.
    Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The values of Christmas are genuinely put on display, and the guy does something truly selfless at the end of the movie.
    Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Karimloo sees him as faithful, even selfless, in his flawed way, to Fanny.
    Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Hamilton is one of the most selfless and giving players on the entire roster.
    Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2022
  • But her mother is so selfless and doesn't want to do anything but help her people, Ani said.
    USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
  • This rule is key to a system built on encouraging such a selfless act.
    Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Huge thanks to @olliesblog for being so kind and selfless in resurrecting Punk 685 for me.
    Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Cecere becomes emotional when thinking about the selfless act a donor made to give her a new life.
    The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Engaging in selfless acts not only serves the people around you, but also gives your mind and body a healthy boost.
    Dr. Leah Croll, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Each time Laurie needed a kidney, peers went to work in the most selfless ways possible.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2022
  • Can love, no matter how selfless, bear the burdens of B’s risky legal status?
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2022
  • One of the things that really stands out about the event, Brennan said, was how selfless everybody involved was.
    Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Both stories are about a collective effort, a selfless effort, for the common good, for the good of all people on the planet.
    Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2022

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