self-denial - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • practice: The only way to pray without ceasing and to have maximum results in prayer is to be willing to practice self-denial where neccesary.
  • exercise: Perhaps the poor widow who put in her mite exercised more self-denial than they have in giving thousands.
  • involve: A true work of God will involve self-denial, service, and sacrifice.
  • require: Godlike ) vision of man which requires some self-denial and self-discipline to succeed.
  • practice: He was not, however an ascetic, practicing self-denial to an extreme degree without regard for the circumstances at hand.

Adjective modifier

  • much: However, it is a part of much self-denial to venture all in God's hands.
  • more: Perhaps the poor widow who put in her mite exercised more self-denial than they have in giving thousands.
  • such: Such self-denial is merely a process of refining the ideology of imperial discourse.

Preposition: in

  • order: That is a temperate and righteous love which practices self-denial in order to minister to a brother's necessity.

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