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Meanings of horrible sacrifice in English

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Usage of horrible sacrifice in English
1
They seemed preparing for the celebration of some horrible sacrifice.
Egmont
2
To-morrow, then, unless land or a sail appear, the horrible sacrifice will be accomplished.
The Survivors of the Chancellor: Diary of J.R. Kazallon, Passeng...
3
On further consultation, however, they were induced to forego the pleasure of this horrible sacrifice.
The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)
4
Stakes had now been driven into the ground, and every preparation made for the horrible sacrifice.
In the Rocky Mountains: A Tale of Adventure
5
He caused their hearts to be torn out while they were yet living, and assisted himself at this horrible sacrifice.
History of the Moors of Spain
6
He is not anxious to marry her to Eugene; but, oh, the horrible sacrifice of such a man as Wilmarth!
Floyd Grandon's Honor
7
He taught them how to make appropriately bloody, laborious, and horrible sacrifices in symbolic atonement.
Demon: a memoir
8
"I always thought it a horrible sacrifice of your sister," said Sir James.
Middlemarch
9
"It's all such a horrible sacrifice of his young life," she confided to Constance.
Joyce of the North Woods
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