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
It is hard to be gamed for against one's consent; but when one's country is at stake, one must throw oneself out of the question.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace
How much easier, then, to throw oneself on the superior educational qualifications of the German military machine.
From Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
Broad lessons unmistakable, but points strange and difficult to throw oneself back to so different a set of ideas.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander
