THEMSELVES in a Sentence

Learn THEMSELVES from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
361 example sentences for THEMSELVES, such as:
1. The children babbled excitedly among themselves.
2. They just loved to talk and hear themselves talk.
3. They were sure of themselves and of their environment.
4. Parents always ask children to behave themselves at dinner.
5. But my boys can take care of themselves and my horses can't.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of THEMSELVES
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The villagers, being afoot, were the first to climb the slope to the main street, while the country neighbours packed themselves more slowly into the sleighs under the shed.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  A mournful peace hung on the fields, as though they felt the relaxing grasp of the cold and stretched themselves in their long winter sleep.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  He told Jotham to go out and harness up the greys, and for a moment he and Mattie had the kitchen to themselves.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
4  A cutter, mounting the road from the village, passed them by in a joyous flutter of bells, and they straightened themselves and looked ahead with rigid faces.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
5  Although they considered themselves Scarlett's favored suitors, they had never before gained tokens of this favor so easily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
6  Their clever remarks sent her into merry peals of laughter and, inspired by the thought that she considered them a remarkable pair, they fairly outdid themselves.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
7  As for the poor whites, they considered themselves well off if they owned one mule.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  Most small people who take themselves seriously are a little ridiculous; but the bantam cock is respected in the barnyard, and so it was with Gerald.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  The house negroes of the County considered themselves superior to white trash, and their unconcealed scorn stung him, while their more secure position in life stirred his envy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
10  They acted as if she were one of themselves and not a day over sixteen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
11  They were sure of themselves and of their environment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
12  But my boys can take care of themselves and my horses can't.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
13  They just loved to talk and hear themselves talk.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
14  They were proud of the place, proud of its growth, proud of themselves for making it grow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
15  Because she had always been happy, she wanted everyone about her to be happy or, at least, pleased with themselves.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
Example Sentence: (151 in 11 pages)
1  They have found a way to insulate themselves against the cost of inflation.
2  Optimists always picture themselves accomplishing their goals.
3  The children babbled excitedly among themselves.
4  Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.
5  The art of giving presents is to give something which others cannot buy for themselves.
6  Parents always ask children to behave themselves at dinner.
7  It would be wrong to assume that rich countries will always be able to insulate themselves with drugs against the ravages of new diseases.
8  When we start with a positive attitude and view themselves as successful when we start a success.
9  Policemen were hiding themselves in the corners of the bank, ready to pounce on the thieves.
10  Our soldiers have entrenched themselves behind the battle lines.
11  A traditional Indian custom used to involve widows burning themselves alive on their husbands' funeral pyres.
12  There are those who eat out for a special occasion, or treat themselves.
13  The socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment.
14  Don't corrupted themselves, life is not only an opportunity, try to.
15  Instead of injecting drugs into toes, they mainlined themselves under the tongue.