himself
Use Himself in a sentence
pronoun
2.
a reflexive form of him: He cut himself.
3.
(used in absolute constructions): Himself the soul of honor, he included many rascals among his intimates.
4.
(used as the object of a preposition or as the direct or indirect object of a verb): The old car had room only for himself and three others.
5.
(used in comparisons after as or than ): His wife is as stingy as himself.
6.
his normal or customary self: He is himself again.
7.
Irish English. a man of importance, especially the master of the house: Himself will be wanting an early dinner.
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| —pron | |
| 1. | a. the reflexive form of he or him |
| b. (intensifier): the king himself waved to me | |
| 2. | (preceded by a copula) his normal or usual self: he seems himself once more |
| 3. | (Irish), (Scot) the man of the house: how is himself? |
| [Old English him selfum, dative singular of hē self; see | |
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Example sentences
Then the door was opened for him, and he jumped in, and rested himself the whole night through upon his soft bed.
Often the editor was the emperor himself, who sat in the imperial box at the center of the long northern curve of the stadium.
The only other individual nearby was a dozen spaced tables away, by himself, standing upright.
He created a real sense of mystery about himself and constantly cloaked his past in new details.
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