Example sentences for: herself

How can you use “herself” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In fact, such a bargain might be deemed much more ruthless in the Clintons' case, as the wife's reason for tolerating her husband's misbehavior would probably be less a desire to keep up decent appearances than a desire to gain and retain power herself.

  • Kicked out of the house when she was only 16 (she was called "Suzie" in those days), Roy went to Delhi and then to architecture school, supporting herself by selling empty milk bottles (some say beer bottles).

  • An article about Ted Turner and Jane Fonda's marriage asserts that Fonda always dissolves herself in her male partner, whether he's a radical like Tom Hayden or a plutocrat like Turner.

  • The story follows a young magician uncovering the details of his girlfriend's recent death and unpeeling the layers of deception that she had wrapped herself in.

  • "The sweet, sly, man-pleasing sister of all of us who don't know whether to hit or hug, who gives herself in a heartbeat to the wrong men for all the right reasons," Burchill wrote.


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