Example sentences for: altruistic

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

  • As it turns out, this altruistic instinct proves fatal not for the narrator but for one of the other rescuers.

  • "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."

  • So this past holiday season, as you rushed to buy presents for your kids or your siblings or your nieces or nephews, impelled by "selfishly" altruistic genes, you were operating under flawed Darwinian logic.

  • The effects of a deficit-financed tax cut can depend on whether most parents are altruistic or strategic.

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


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast