Example sentences for: himself--a

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

  • Gilbert could be a stand-in for Leigh himself--a haughty, ill-humored man with an obsession for tiny details and a glowering dedication to process.

  • There is a long amiable letter to the young Lafayette in 1779, in which Washington, in a giddy mood, drifts into a reverie about competing for Lafayette's young wife with Lafayette himself--a funny bit of teasing, followed abruptly by a rueful reassurance, worthy of Stendhal himself, that "amidst all the wonders recorded in holy writ no instance can be produced where a Woman from real inclination has preferred an old man."

  • But the vindication that Mahathir probably imagined for himself--a triumphant recovery in Malaysia, while its more orthodox neighbors continued to languish--hasn't quite played out.

  • 4 billion, pocketing $100 million for himself--a modest payoff, he says, for the $6 billion in increased shareholder value.

  • Downey's character, a self-destructive liar, reminds critics of Downey himself--a recovering heroin addict.


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