Example sentences for: altruistic

How can you use “altruistic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "Portnoy's complaint" is defined on the first page of the novel of that name as "A disorder in which strongly-felt ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings, often of a perverse nature."

  • Nobody doubts that we are imperfectly altruistic toward others.

  • We all feel altruistic toward our own future selves.

  • Last year, 394 altruistic Pennsylvanians donated organs; 4,500 patients needed them.

  • "Kin selection" accounts for the evolution of altruistic impulses toward close relatives.


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