How to use "herself" in a sentence

We can imagine her singing to herself as she walked along, a small woman, about 1.52m, and thin

On October 10th a woman hanged herself at 65 Hanbury Street because she was depressed about the murders

'When the young woman had sat down next to her, the red-haired woman introduced herself

'I'm happy,' she told herself

What could she do? She had sold her hair and her teeth; what else could she sell? And then she decided that she had no other choice: she would have to sell herself.

Cosette, not a nervous girl by nature, smiled to herself and thought no more about it.

Then, with a great effort, she raised herself on one arm and, struggling for breath, looked into Marius's eyes.

She wanted to throw herself into Marius's arms, but was unable to move, afraid to show the world that she loved him.

The wolf ran as fast as he could, taking the shortest path, and the little girl took a roundabout way, entertaining herself by gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and gathering bouquets of little flowers

She hears the train in the dark tunnel and tells herself to wake up and to focus for another forty minutes.

Do not fall asleep, she tells herself.

You are an idiot, she tells herself and pulls a book out of her bag

You need to stop reading this rubbish: you are losing your mind, she tells herself.

Just listen to the music, she tells herself

But she is exhausted, and her head begins to drop, and she feels herself falling asleep

You just need to get home, she tells herself, and she feels the train slow down, and she knows she must get up.

Go now, she tells herself.

Sala smiled to herself

Don't mention that on the ultranet, she told herself

Until now, Sala hadn't even thought about doing it herself

Then Sala forced herself to be brave

Sala felt herself go pink

She smiled to herself

Sala splashed some cold water on her face to wake herself up, and then hurried to the simulator center

She forced herself to turn away

Sala kept on running, forcing herself to look straight ahead.

This is it, she told herself.

The whole way back from the earth apartment, Sala had been asking herself if it was OK to tell Cham about the rebellion

What else could I say? Sala was kicking herself for not keeping Wena talking for longer

Next time, it will be fine, she told herself.

Don't be silly, she told herself

"The letter from Gran's brother." The words slipped out before she could stop herself, and she knew at once that she shouldn't have said it

"And..." She paused, then forced herself to be brave

She would have to persuade Cham to leave by herself

"Sala! Cham is here!" Sala forced herself to smile as Cham came over and hugged everyone

Look normal, she told herself

She closed her eyes, and let herself enjoy it, just for this moment

We'll heat them, she told herself

She ordered a large lunch for herself

They were fat, rude women like herself

She liked to look after everything herself.'

'She invited herself, of course

'Mrs de Winter broke the cupid herself

Rebecca never loved anyone except herself.'

Do you remember? She sat there in the car and told me terrible, evil things about herself

When Mrs de Winter wanted any change in the menu, she spoke to me herself.'

'She looked after it herself.'

They said that Rebecca killed herself.'

'You know Rebecca didn't kill herself

Do you really think Rebecca killed herself after writing that note?'

Tell me whether you think the writer had decided to kill herself.' Colonel Julyan took the note and read it slowly.

Rebecca didn't kill herself

She amused herself with you, that was all.'

'Mrs Danvers,' Colonel Julyan said quietly, 'can you think of any reason why Mrs de Winter killed herself?'

It was the one clear proof that Rebecca had not killed herself.

She did not kill herself

'The woman who called herself Mrs Danvers was very ill indeed

She was angry with herself

She thought of herself as a tough, competent, levelheaded woman who was able to deal with anything life threw at her, and she was disturbed by her continuing inability to accept Danny's death.

She half convinced herself that the dream was a premonition of Danny's eventual return to her, that somehow he had survived and would be coming back into her arms one day soon.

Sick, she berated herself.

She would be sufficiently tough on herself to stay in touch with reality - as unpleasant as reality might be

She couldn't allow herself to hope.

She closed her eyes and imagined herself lying beside him, reaching for him in the dark, touching, touching, moving against him, into the shelter of his arms

Five years ago, however, on her twenty-eighth birthday, she began to realize that she had, if she was lucky, ten years left as a show dancer, and she decided to establish herself in the business in another capacity, to avoid being washed up at thirty-eight

She needed only to ride out the next few days, and in the relative calm that would follow, she might be able to get on with healing herself.

She considered calling the police, but she was afraid of making a fool of herself

She would search the house herself, alone.

She hugged herself

He helped her to discover new reserves of energy, new areas of competence in herself

If the audience at this evening's VIP premiere reacted enthusiastically, she might have to buy lead weights to keep herself from floating off the floor when she walked.

She had always prided herself on her toughness and her resiliency.

She had lasted quite a while herself

Vivienne let herself in through the kitchen door

Besides, for the past twenty-one years, ever since her Harry died, she had always taken care of herself

But she wasn't completely in control of herself; she felt a bit like a sleepwalker

Stop, Vivienne told herself

She hugged herself and shivered.

The frosted window cleared, and as the frost faded from the dresser mirror, Vivienne's distorted reflection resolved into a more familiar image of herself.

Vivienne had to remind herself that she didn't believe in ghosts.

She had to get down to him and push the earth away from his face before he suffocated, so in blind panic she threw herself over the edge of the pit, into the terrible abyss, falling and falling-

Gasping, shuddering, she wrenched herself out of sleep.

She did some deep-breathing exercises, trying to calm herself.

Her fear made her angry with herself, and at last, she twisted the switch.

His praise was so effusive that, even reading it by herself, in her own kitchen, she was slightly embarrassed by the effusiveness of the praise.

The insufferable bastard! She was furious, but she said nothing; she didn't trust herself to speak, afraid that she would start screaming at him the instant she opened her mouth.

Surprising herself, she sobbed loudly.

And she was crying for herself too, and for Michael

In a few minutes, she got control of herself

"Yeah," Angela said, hugging herself

She imagined herself leaving her office, walking down the long hallway, opening doors, peering into silent, deserted offices, until at last she found a man sitting at another terminal

She had to get a grip on herself

This was the first time she'd ever had the need to tap those stores for herself.

Because the mother hadn't seen the body in the funeral home, she just couldn't bring herself to believe her daughter was really dead

She told herself that sex was just like riding a bicycle, impossible to un learn, but the frivolousness of that analogy didn't increase her self-confidence.

But Tina herself didn't think there was any serious danger, and Elliot tended to agree with her

Frustrated and angry at herself for her inability to solve the puzzle, she turned from the window

Appearing to be somewhat amazed herself, Tina hesitated not at all before she said, "Sol Fitzpatrick."

Minutes ago, when Tina had first peered through the observation window, when she had seen the frighteningly thin child, she had told herself that she would not cry

She couldn't control herself any longer, so she allowed her own tears to come, rivers of tears, a flood

To everything there is a season, Tina reminded herself

She held Danny close, and she stared into his dark eyes, and she wasn't able to comfort herself with those words from the Bible

She never tried to defend herself and even got quite annoyed when she realized people thought she was mad

'I suppose she killed herself.'

Although I did hear her saying, she wanted to work herself

I picked it up - and recognized it as my pistol! And I just thought Anne must have taken it, meaning to shoot herself because she was so unhappy

But this is about duty.' I could see that she was enjoying herself

Would it really be so dangerous? Doesn't one government car look like another - the hugeness of it, the dark glass, the driver in uniform? She can already see herself stepping out of the car to greet the other girls, who look at her with eyes like knives

Jesus! She doesn't wish herself dead or anything as stupidly final as that

And she is ruining herself.'

'Since every other girl she knows has ruined herself and made money out of it, why shouldn't she? Her friends don't earn any more than she does, but every day they wear new dresses, shoes, and so on, to work

'She is using herself, remember.'

'If I were you, I would stop worrying because it seems Mercy can take care of herself quite well,' said James.

Are those shoes the old pair which were new a couple of months ago? Or are they the newest pair? And here she is herself, the pretty one

'I hope that you and the Count will understand that Laura wasn't herself when she spoke those words

During that time, Lady Glyde was so worried about her sister that she herself became ill and stayed in her room.

Marian herself has described our time at Blackwater Park with perfect accuracy

In 1913, a suffragette called Emily Davison was killed when she threw herself under the king's horse at a famous horse race

During World War One, Marie helped to put X-ray machines in ambulances, which Marie herself drove to the places where they were needed

Lolita must choose her husband herself, but you have my permission to court her!"