Word Finder - herself

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(reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.

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She injured herself.

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She; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate.

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She was injured herself.

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The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)

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Have you seen herself yet this morning?

A woman has a right to protect herself – any way she can.

Something... she shook herself mentally.

She finished her oatmeal and pored herself a cup of coffee.

She didn't want to talk about herself anyway.

In her confused state of mind, she had convinced herself that he loved her.

She lifted her canteen and allowed herself a swallow of the tepid water.

She gingerly untangled herself from some thorny vines and tried to stand.

She turned away from the beauty of the ranch, reminding herself that she had made the decision to leave.

In the last few weeks she had allowed herself to be distracted.

No matter how often she asked herself the question, the answer remained elusive.

With that dark thought, she excused herself and went to her room.

How did she get herself into predicaments like this?

She chuckled to herself.

Why did she need to prove to anyone, least of all herself, that she was right in breaking off the relationship?

Flinging herself on the bed, she sobbed out the anger and hurt.

It was one thing to tell herself everything was resolved, but quite another to thoroughly accept something she had always considered wrong.

All her plans were about to blow up – all this because she had allowed herself to be drawn into a relationship.

Her erotic dreams were proof that he was becoming more than a friend to her, and that thought was troubling - both from the standpoint of her goals, and the fact that she was setting herself up for rejection.

Anyway she finally got so lonely and depressed that she locked herself in her room one day and shot herself.

Dorothy was herself anxious to get home, so she promised Eureka they would not stay in the Land of Oz much longer.

At his disappointed expression, she gave herself an attitude adjustment.

She met his gaze, her stomach tense as she steeled herself against the response to her next probing question.

The night air was chilly on her bare arms and she shivered involuntarily, annoyed at herself because it looked like an obvious ploy.

Of course, once she had convinced everyone else what a foolish move it would be, how was she going to convince herself that she didn't need Brandon in her life?

Locked herself in her room for days working on layette sets for the grand children Russie would never provide.

When she saw herself, her face was pale.

An hour later she found herself staring vacantly into the fire again.

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.

There was no point in working herself up this way.

His body was the nearest available leaning post, so she helped herself, burying her face in his chest.

She plodded on, willing herself to take each step, not thinking of the miles to go, but merely getting through one more painful step.

She blushed, pressed her clasped hands on her knees, and then controlling herself with an evident effort lifted her head and began to speak rapidly.

She shoved the photo back into the envelope and closed the lip, willing herself not to think about the previous pregnancy and its tragic end.

Carmen assigned responsibility for that to herself because she didn't notice early enough that Destiny was sick.

Deciding to use the sun to orient herself, she detoured around several dense patches of blackberry bushes.

And now she had put herself in a position where she would be alone with him in the car.

Hadn't she resigned herself to being the ugly duckling years ago?

She pored herself a cup and started breakfast, wondering where Bordeaux was.

She came back by herself.

For the next week Cynthia listened to - and even found herself instigating - discussions about Mr. Cade.

She glanced around the kitchen, knowing she should familiarize herself before breakfast, but feeling uncomfortable about exploring so soon after her arrival.

Failing to make herself understood, she would become violent.

After her father's funeral Princess Mary shut herself up in her room and did not admit anyone.

Carmen disentangled herself from Destiny and urged her to lie down.

Pulling the rail back up, she stood beside the tent, helplessly watching Destiny cry until she coughed herself into another retching fit.

Again she had allowed herself to be put in a precarious situation.

The heart thing happened again and she busied herself at the table.

Yet, when the smell of bacon lured him to the kitchen, she found herself wishing he would address the subject.

Again she had abandoned morality and shamed herself in front of him.

He wasn't the first man she had kissed and she had never considered herself promiscuous with other men.