用self-denial造句子，“self-denial”造句

All of the self-discipline and all of the self-denial in the world can do nothing -- this seems to be one of the implications of this poem - can do nothing to protect the poet from an untimely death.

I hate those ACTS of righteous self-denial that people do just so they can brag about them: health cleanses, bow hunting, reclaiming your virginity.