Word Finder - himself

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(reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

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He injured himself.

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He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate

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He was injured himself.

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The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.

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

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Has himself come down to breakfast yet?

He smiled to himself, enjoying the game they always played.

The captain himself had been a robber.

Arion dressed himself in his finest clothing.

Alex handed the reins to a caretaker and dusted himself off as he headed for the gate.

He thought of the number of times that he himself had been a coward.

Now he's gone and exposed himself to the world.

Smith says that if one man tried to make pins by himself, he might make one per day.

He wasn't trying to force himself on me.

He smiled to himself.

He looked pleased with himself until he saw Carmen.

He sauntered to the stove and poured himself another cup of steaming coffee.

He took a mug from the cupboard and poured himself a cup of coffee.

And so He loved men Himself and though they were very cruel to Him and at last killed Him, He was willing to die for them because He loved them so.

To rid himself of them he closed his eyes.

Finally Royce could contain himself no longer.

A four wheel ATV was parked next to the porch and Giddon stepped over it, seating himself as he turned the key.

Why should he not cool himself in the refreshing water?

Howie would never ask Quinn himself; as always seeking one of us as a go-between.

At first the piglet stuck in the neck of the vase and I thought I should get him, after all, but he wriggled himself through and fell down into the deep bottom part--and I suppose he's there yet.

The vicomte was a nice-looking young man with soft features and polished manners, who evidently considered himself a celebrity but out of politeness modestly placed himself at the disposal of the circle in which he found himself.

Jonathan separated himself from the other children.

He threw a leg over the ATV and settled himself on the seat with a grin.

Prince Vasili knew this, and having once realized that if he asked on behalf of all who begged of him, he would soon be unable to ask for himself, he became chary of using his influence.

More so, he blamed himself.

In Othello is a character named Iago, an evil man who never does anything illegal himself but is always planting ideas in other people's minds, to get them to do his dirty work.

Of course he is right there," said Countess Mary, "but he forgets that we have other duties nearer to us, duties indicated to us by God Himself, and that though we might expose ourselves to risks we must not risk our children."

Cassie had to smile when Bordeaux positioned himself in a spot less than ten feet from her and pretended to settle down for the night.

Should I inform Merrill Cooms I'd been in contact with After, the investigative baby he himself had started?

By the time we'd finished our meal, with a piece of cake, there wasn't much time before the service was to begin and the pastor excused himself to prepare.

He considered, smiling to himself.

As soon as he trotted out upon the surface of the river he found himself safe from pursuit, and Zeb was already running across the water toward Dorothy.

Knowing that Natasha asked nothing for herself, and gave him commissions for others only when he himself had offered to undertake them, he now found an unexpected and childlike pleasure in this purchase of presents for everyone in the house, and never forgot anything.

Maybe Señor Medena was trying to ingratiate himself with Alex.

Damian himself would be overjoyed, and Jule-- the third adopted brother in their threesome-- ecstatic.

He's always been so sure of himself.

Now the landlord prided himself upon keeping a first-class hotel, and he feared that his guests would not like the rough-looking traveler.

He knocked at the door and the wise man himself opened it.

An old joke is about the city slicker who finds himself lost in the country.

A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true.

And the guy from California who got himself killed; him too.

Maybe the man owns a dog himself and Bumpus smelled the scent on him.

The child comes into the world with the ability to learn, and he learns of himself, provided he is supplied with sufficient outward stimulus.

Whereas, if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily.

Rostov, too, dragged himself to the fire.

Schemes and devices for which he never rightly accounted to himself, but which formed the whole interest of his life, were constantly shaping themselves in his mind, arising from the circumstances and persons he met.

Rostov noticed something new in Dolokhov's relations with Sonya, but he did not explain to himself what these new relations were.

Don't let those devils get it! he cried, taking some bags of flour himself and throwing them into the street.

How splendid! said he to himself when a cleanly laid table was moved up to him with savory beef tea, or when he lay down for the night on a soft clean bed, or when he remembered that the French had gone and that his wife was no more.

This conception is the one handle by means of which the material of history, as at present expounded, can be dealt with, and anyone who breaks that handle off, as Buckle did, without finding some other method of treating historical material, merely deprives himself of the one possible way of dealing with it.

The soldier himself does the stabbing, hacking, burning, and pillaging, and always receives orders for these actions from men above him; he himself never gives an order.