The word selfless is an adjective that defines a person who is completely devoted to others welfare or interest and not ones own. From Wordnik.com. [Carla Alpert And Diane Prefontaine: Words to Live By: Kindness is Contagious (VIDEO)] Reference
And "selfless" - so did they wish themselves with good reason, all those world-weary cowards and cross-spiders!. From Wordnik.com. [Thus Spake Zarathustra] Reference
And "selfless" -- so did they wish themselves with good reason, all those world-weary cowards and cross-spiders!. From Wordnik.com. [Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none] Reference
She was described as a selfless person who loved children. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
Altruism is defined as the selfless concern for the well-being of others. From Wordnik.com. [TrinidadExpress Today's News] Reference
Like every one else these people have truly embraced the idea of selfless sacrifice. From Wordnik.com. [Silent Running] Reference
How happy they seem, even on ice, to be together, selfless, which is the price of gleaming. From Wordnik.com. [A Display of Mackerel] Reference
In Edward's POV bella is described as a selfless person, which is completely untrue especially in the 2nd book. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider] Reference
Ortiz and Conner were both described as selfless women who would do anything to help anybody and who are both greatly missed. From Wordnik.com. [Lead Stories from AOL] Reference
For me, I was taught that being "selfless" was the way to go. From Wordnik.com. [Colleen Perry: The Way I See It] Reference
LEMON: More than one family's giving thanks for this holiday for that kind of selfless sentiment. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2006] Reference
But there's a consequence to that, and it's a very brave and kind of selfless choice that she makes. From Wordnik.com. [John Koch: "Beauty in Ugliness" - A Q&A With Blue Valentine Director Derek Cianfrance] Reference
Coincidentally, America as a whole is about to appreciate the "selfless" tyranny of complete leftist rule. From Wordnik.com. [PROGRESS IS DEFINITELY NOT THEIR MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT] Reference
But my effort hovered near the bottom of the kind of selfless work I witnessed from people twice and half my age. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Feldman: Tears For Country] Reference
It's not so hard to imagine a group of beings whose meaning in life was based on just this kind of selfless helping. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble With Elves: Racial Dynamics in Harry Potter (Part 3)] Reference
Was the "selfless" cyberneticist going to do something perverse to his colleagues, or harm them in the guise of helping them?. From Wordnik.com. [Antiquarian Weird Tales: Our Pulp Fiction Heritage and the Significance of Moldering Magazines] Reference
Some men evinced not only a tantric connection with machinery, but the kind of selfless generosity that exemplified the community's ideals. From Wordnik.com. [Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583] Reference
Friends recall couple killed in India as 'selfless'. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News] Reference
What kind of selfless, country-first leader is that?. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
Mourners say goodbye to 'selfless' soldier during ramp ceremony. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Check out the self-serving article elaborating on his "selfless" act. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Her father David Nicholson-Cole paid tribute to his "selfless" son-in-law. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
USA Today magazine is about the military charities who are "selfless" in the. From Wordnik.com. [OntheWilderSide] Reference
For me, that seems a little more narrow and a lot more selfish then "selfless". From Wordnik.com. [Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com] Reference
But he's also described as 'selfless' and 'perfect' and is extremely well grounded. From Wordnik.com. [Winnipeg Sun] Reference
Tienda described Grehan as a "selfless" person with "very high standards for himself.". From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Princetonian, 2009-12-04] Reference
For those of you who volunteer a lot and all that other "selfless" stuff, I assume you enjoy this. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
Friends yesterday described the 57-year-old as a 'selfless' charity worker who helped run a disability centre. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
What Izzie's doing, teaching the interns, is a selfless, meaningful endeavor that no one else, even Alex, will ever give her credit for. From Wordnik.com. [Grey's Anatomy: Grey Matter] Reference
You put the "self" in selfless. From Wordnik.com. [Contentment] Reference
"selfless" has no meaning when one attributes it to oneself. From Wordnik.com. [South Carolina Lt. Gov. asks Sanford to step down] Reference
1950, and began a life that can only be defined as selfless and compassionate. From Wordnik.com. [Kitsap Sun Stories] Reference
But what McCain and his allies did wasn't entirely selfless. From Wordnik.com. [Giving In to the Dark Side] Reference
Others believed Clarke's motives were not entirely selfless. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL] Reference
We will forever be connected by John's generous, selfless gift of life. From Wordnik.com. [Saved By The Kindness Of A Virtual Stranger] Reference
These aren't necessarily selfless people, but they do have common sense. From Wordnik.com. [Clean-Up Time] Reference
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