throw oneself

Example Sentences

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“The faith to throw oneself over the highest bar,” Swinton said of Miller’s long-gesticulating endeavor.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2022

I wanted to throw myself on a bed and cry about being so hungry and about everything else, but these were not beds onto which one could throw oneself.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

The only thing that was to be done was to throw oneself down upon his face, draw his blankets around him, and ride it out, sleeping.

From Frontier service during the rebellion or, A history of Company K, First Infantry, California Volunteers by Pettis, George H.

The remedies in such a case—to kick vigorously or throw oneself on one's back and float—are just the remedies a man feels utterly unable at the time to try.

From The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe by Grant, W. L. (William Lawson)

In fact, I think of myself as little as possible; it's the only way to bear life, to throw oneself out of the personal.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir