How to Use selfless in a Sentence

selfless

adjective
  • That player who did the selfless thing?
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Khloé praised her mom for her selfless gesture.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Your mom is one of the most (if not the most) selfless people in your life.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Do Tatum and Brown need to be more selfless down the stretch?
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2022
  • This was a selfless, noble act by Phil.
    — Ron Mix, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Thank you for being so selfless and loving with a heart of gold.
    — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2021
  • Thank you for working so hard babe and for being so selfless.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Jonathan is loved by many and was a great example of selfless love.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Sometimes a single selfless act can change the course of your life.
    — David Clark Scott, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 June 2020
  • There is no doubt that more lives would have been lost if not for Ahmed’s selfless courage.
    — Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
  • As women, we have been told to be selfless and to think of others first.
    — Holly Corbett, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But in crisis, self-care is one of the most selfless actions.
    — Alexandra Pattillo, CNN, 1 June 2018
  • And thousands of newborns are alive thanks to her selfless work.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • There are some people out there that are very selfless and willing to do this.
    — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • For all his egotism, there was something selfless in his work.
    — David Denby, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
  • None more so than your selfless warmth and humour through world lockdown.
    — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 24 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • Or begrudge the fact that the author has had such a selfless wife to smooth out his life of art?
    — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Thankful to have someone as selfless and as loving as you in my life.
    — Danielle Jennings, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The girls have done a good job of being selfless and playing for each other.
    — Ted Dunnam, Houston Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Trying to make that feel organic and selfless was the feat of the scene for me.
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Black has great size at point guard and is a selfless player willing to defend.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
  • But how much longer can the country expect teachers to be that selfless?
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Like Nik has been for others, a selfless leader among his peers.
    — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2021
  • That to me personifies this team right now – a bunch of guys who are selfless.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Jeff is known as a selfless mentor and a steadfast colleague.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Those players were selfless, and trusted that their teamwork would give them the edge.
    — Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2016
  • But his way of doing business is always so selfless.
    — Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Borst's selfless attitude helped set the stage for the doubles teams, as well.
    — Rich Mayor, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2017

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