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

I was dying of ennui, and if one is bound to be consumed, it is as well to throw oneself into the flames as to be asphyxiated with charcoal.

From Camille by Dumas fils, Alexandre

As well might one, to escape the flood, throw oneself into the rising ravening torrent.

From The Schemes of the Kaiser by Adam, Juliette

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