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
But if one falls, that is no reason to throw oneself in the abyss.
From Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales by Maupassant, Guy de
As well might one, to escape the flood, throw oneself into the rising ravening torrent.
From The Schemes of the Kaiser by Adam, Juliette
Once throw oneself into the atmosphere of myth and it is not difficult to comprehend how such stories grew up.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Sellars, Roy Wood
