Noun : To reduce, one has to practice self-denial at the dinner table. From Dictionary.com.
M317 The self-denying ordinance, 3 April, 1645. 670. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
He was simple, temperate, and self-denying in his habits. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
His untiring zeal and self-denying labors on their behalf entitle him to be called. From Wordnik.com. [Annals and Reminiscences of Jamaica Plain] Reference
I can recall no instance of such self-abnegation in my husband's self-denying career. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
Thou art my helpmate in all good deeds, self-denying and always affectionate unto me as a mother. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
Lott Gary's self-denying, self-sacrificing labors, as a self-taught Physician, as a Missionary and. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
Under the faithful labors of self-denying men, the wilderness is beginning to blossom as the rose. From Wordnik.com. [Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission] Reference
"Is he not self-denying?" she says, turning languidly toward Lowry, who, as usual, stands beside her. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
Seldom, if ever, have I met with a person more philanthropic, more self-denying, and of more bravery. From Wordnik.com. [Harriet, the Moses of Her People] Reference
May the dear Father open our eyes to see His work and to know the joy of self-denying service for Him!. From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 52, No. 1, March, 1898] Reference
The way was open for the stern, sober, and, in all respects but one, self-denying followers of Mahomet. From Wordnik.com. [Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm] Reference
She became a convert to tears, to prayers, to self-denying labors, to a life of sacrifice and devotion. From Wordnik.com. [Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission] Reference
You can replace the penny this evening, and this lesson you have had may teach you to be more self-denying. From Wordnik.com. [A Missionary Twig] Reference
We too are not as the monks of old were; they lived the guileless life -- austere, hard, self-denying, saintly!. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
We got seventy-six dollars in all, however, and this was a large amount for us in those hard, self-denying days. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879] Reference
We will quote one instance of this self-denying style; and perhaps the following passage contains altogether as much of. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
In early life she found the Savior, and during her residence in America gave full evidence of a pious, self-denying spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission] Reference
The chaplains here are splendid, so keen and self-denying, nothing seems too much trouble; all going strong and working hard. From Wordnik.com. [With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back] Reference
When it comes to fees, psychologists in general are by no means self-denying -- just more flexible than their medical counterparts. From Wordnik.com. [Revival Sessions] Reference
We can never be sufficiently thankful that we are no longer required to prove our faith in such a terrible and utterly self-denying way. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
Surely there was abundance of self-denying work in looking after the inhabitants of the hamlet itself; why then need he concern himself about. From Wordnik.com. [Working in the Shade Lowly Sowing brings Glorious Reaping] Reference
The monasteries, with but few exceptions, were the haunts of extravagance and sensuality, instead of the abodes of self-denying virtue and learning. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
It is a wonderful and self-denying human trait; but, as a physician, I have been led to believe that "mother loyalty" is of almost equal or even greater value. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
His perseverence and self-denying labor had at length met its just reward, and he was taking the first active step to obtain a substantial benefit from his invention. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
We were so intent upon our house-building project that, contenting ourselves with a self-denying breakfast of cocoa-nuts, we at once set zealously to work in carrying it out. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
They despised death, and were self-denying and energetic to a degree far beyond the soldiers of civilized countries, while they were scarcely less familiar with the military art. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Moors of Spain] Reference
Shaking them by the hand, one by one, as they approached to bid him farewell, as they thought, for the last time, he turned his back upon safety and peace, and departed upon his self-denying pilgrimage. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
No; grace keeps a man low in his own eyes, humble, self-denying, penitent, watchful, savory in good things, charitable: and makes him kindly affectioned to the brethren, pitiful and courteous to all men. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
The monument is not yet built; though the name of new counties in several of our western states testifies that the noble missionary is not altogether forgotten, in the land where he spent so many self-denying years. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
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