Word Finder - yourself

definition

(reflexive pronoun) Your own self (singular).

example

Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.

definition

You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.

example

After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.

I wish you could hear yourself talking.

Give yourself a break and get some rest.

Make yourself at home.

Maybe a little time to yourself is a good idea.

Why do you want to cover yourself so much?

You take care of yourself and come visit us sometime.

We'll talk when you cool off and get yourself together.

You said yourself I need it.

Take care of yourself, and if you have any problems, call me.

You will soon see for yourself, and you will understand everything.

Come on, I think you've seen enough to convince yourself that I have a valid point when I say it's dangerous to wander in the woods.

You yourself told him to come.

You seemed pretty sure of yourself a while ago.

Don't you think you're setting yourself up for a disappointment?

You landed yourself in it.

Here, get yourself together and we'll go in and get a marriage license.

You forget yourself, Colonel.

You're of the gentry yourself, aren't you?

Yeah, you could get to it, but it would take a while, and you'd be subjecting yourself to thorns, ticks, snakes and about ten miles of the roughest country you can imagine.

I trust you had enough time to yourself today?

They'll be announcing that the gentlemen are in the drawing room and we shall have to go down, and you have not smartened yourself up at all!

Give yourself a break.

Your excellency, you gave him leave yourself, on the march.

The Austrians let themselves be tricked at the crossing of the Vienna bridge, you are letting yourself be tricked by an aide-de-camp of the Emperor.

Get on in there and set yourself a place - or do I have to do that?

Just take care of yourself.

If that's all they give you, count yourself lucky.

You can yourself imagine the effect this news has had on me, and your silence increases my astonishment.

How can you torture me and yourself like that, for a mere fancy? said Nicholas taking her hand.

Why wouldn't you want to see yourself growing up, what your childhood was like?

Rissa, go and take care of yourself.

I understand that you could not, and cannot, think of yourself, but with my love for you I must do so....

You'll only get yourself into a mess!

You must live within yourself, and depend upon yourself always tucked up and ready for a start, and not have many affairs.

And take care of yourself, too.

You're going to make yourself sick.

You lived for yourself and say you nearly ruined your life and only found happiness when you began living for others.

In marrying her without loving her; in deceiving yourself and her.

You said yourself that we have a hundred thousand rubles' worth of things in the house.

Why did you push yourself in there by daylight?

What's the point of living to a ripe old age if you can't enjoy yourself?

So stop blaming yourself.

Yes, what she did early on was despicable in our minds, but put yourself in her position.

You'll always carry that pain, if you don't let yourself become whole again.

Take time to learn the new things and try not be so frustrated with yourself.

Please tell me, Mr. Wizard, whether you called yourself Oz after this great country, or whether you believe my country is called Oz after you.

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends.

Are you content with yourself and with your life?

Because he is young, because he is poor, because he is a relation... and because you yourself don't love him.

It's not fair; you are going by yourself, are having the horses saddled and said nothing to us about it.