themselves
Use Themselves in a sentence
plural pronoun
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(used after an indefinite singular antecedent in place of the definite masculine himself or the definite feminine herself ): No one who ignores the law can call themselves a good citizen.
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(used in place of they or them after as, than, or but ): no soldiers braver than themselves; As for the entertainers, everyone got paid but themselves.
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their usual, normal, characteristic selves: After a hot meal and a few hours' rest, they were themselves again.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| —pron | |
| 1. | a. the reflexive form of they or them |
| b. (intensifier): the team themselves voted on it | |
| 2. | (preceded by a copula) their normal or usual selves: they don't seem themselves any more |
| 3. | not standard Also: themself a reflexive form of an indefinite antecedent such as one, whoever, or anybody: everyone has to look after themselves |
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Example sentences
Such people may not have the skill or time to optimize their site's performance themselves.
Scientists find themselves choosing between animals as explosions of some populations endanger others.
People who tolerate one sort of crime when done by others will not do it themselves.
The treadmills have special handrails that participants can use to steady themselves.
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