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
To think of written things at such a moment and throw oneself on them—it's like an insincerity of the heart.
From "Persons Unknown" by Tracy, Virginia
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)
When one hears the Aasgaardsreija coming, one must throw oneself on the ground and pretend that one sleeps.
From Strife and Peace by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)
