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Herself is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Herself in a sentence

Herself meaning

  1. Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
  2. She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person .
  3. The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)

Using Herself

  • The main meaning on this page is: Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject. | She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person . | The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
  • In the example corpus, herself often appears in combinations such as: herself to, herself as, herself and.

Context around Herself

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 12 start, 6 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

prove 2× upon 2× imagines 2× washed 1× anointed 1× earning 1× dora 1× calling 1× commit 1× finding 1×

Often after:

impossible 1× sat 1× across 1× perfectly 1× alone 1× safe 1×

Sentence patterns with Herself

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

true to herself 2× always pick herself back up 1× and anointed herself with oil 1× and humbles herself before boss 1× and pulling herself across the 1× and put herself back together 1× and washed herself with ambrosia 1× boundary between herself and the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a day later 1× an expert in 1× boy b claimed 1× but flanagan said 1× calling herself a 1× cue kamala s 1×

Common sentence endings:

true to herself 2× a finish line 1× a loved one 1× a serious jam 1× and the world 1× as she works 1×

Words around Herself

Just before it in the word index:

herse 5 herschmann 3 herschkopf 2 herscher 2 herschend 2 herschelle 3

Just after it in the word index:

herselman 2 hersey 13 hersfeld 4 hersh 44 hersha 4 hersham 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

difference 7.532 remaining 7.524 supported 7.523 facility 7.518 keeping 7.500 drop 7.496

Corpus analysis for Herself

  • In this selection, "herself" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, prove, upon, imagines, impossible, sat and across stand out and add context to how "herself" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include true to herself, always pick herself back up and finds herself. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "herself" sits close to words such as difference, remaining and supported, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with herself

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

She will always pick herself back up and put herself back together. (12 words)

She felt herself perfectly dressed for her day, this day for herself alone. (13 words)

Donna proves herself as COO, but she finds herself in a difficult position with Faye. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

She sings most of the song in a restrained whisper, with her eyes cast down, which I don’t read as a manifestation of shame itself but as an attempt to divorce herself from the cameras, to erect a boundary between herself and the world. (45 words)

She then told Maya that she 'prepared' herself for this moment and that she couldn't 'force things' with people that were not a 'vibe', before adding that despite speaking to all the boys, she 'stayed true to herself'. (39 words)

An expert in Puglia-style pasta, earning herself the nickname “The Pasta Machine,” Nonna Dora herself sat at the front of the station, hand-cutting and rolling every individual piece of pasta that made it to our plates. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

So she went and washed herself with ambrosia and anointed herself with oil, made especially for her to make herself impossible to resist for Zeus.

A day later, she wiped all traces of herself with David and Sian from her account and quickly followed up with an 'I am a serious musician' photo of herself with a guitar.

An expert in Puglia-style pasta, earning herself the nickname “The Pasta Machine,” Nonna Dora herself sat at the front of the station, hand-cutting and rolling every individual piece of pasta that made it to our plates.

Calling herself a "cat warrior" - a play on the assertive "wolf warrior diplomacy" style of Chinese officials - Hsiao said on Monday during a press conference that she was ready to "fully commit" herself to the presidential campaign.

Cue Kamala's typical nervous excitement to prove herself to others, Carol appearing out of nowhere to smash the Khans' dinner table, and Kamala finding herself in a serious jam.

Diggins wasn’t about to miss that — a chance to express herself and her passion at home in her unique way, gliding and pulling herself across the snow, then collapsing across a finish line.

Donna proves herself as COO, but she finds herself in a difficult position with Faye.

He said police described the victim as "a quiet lady who kept herself to herself".

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In her journey to prove herself against the odds, she realizes she can use her knowledge of the law to help others, and defies everyone's expectations while still staying true to herself.

She felt herself perfectly dressed for her day, this day for herself alone.

She never knows herself how a final work will decidedly turn out in composition – she likens the experience of painting to transcending and looking down upon herself as she works.

She sings most of the song in a restrained whisper, with her eyes cast down, which I don’t read as a manifestation of shame itself but as an attempt to divorce herself from the cameras, to erect a boundary between herself and the world.

She's super hard on herself and even gave herself the nickname "Useless Miwa," even though she's far from it.

She then told Maya that she 'prepared' herself for this moment and that she couldn't 'force things' with people that were not a 'vibe', before adding that despite speaking to all the boys, she 'stayed true to herself'.

She will always pick herself back up and put herself back together.

Some of the better jokes the season gave were when Leia imagines herself in the and when Kitty imagines herself as a nurse were quite amusing.

That August, while looking for support herself and finding no dedicated group for widows and widowers in the Borders, Alison took it upon herself to create a space for those grieving the loss of a loved one.

When the handmaiden Padme reveals herself to be the true Queen Amidala and humbles herself before Boss Nass, he has a change of heart and has the Gungans help distract the Trade Federation in the Battle of Naboo.

Boy B claimed they did have sex while he was still a schoolboy and the court heard how Joynes reportedly told him she would “harm herself or kill herself” if he left her.

But Flanagan said her desire to speak more about her past is a way to counteract an earlier inclination, to make herself as small as possible to keep herself safe.

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Common combinations with herself

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "herself" in a sentence?
An example: "So she went and washed herself with ambrosia and anointed herself with oil, made especially for her to make herself impossible to resist for Zeus." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "herself" from authentic English texts.
What does "herself" mean?
Herself means: Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
How many example sentences with "herself" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "herself", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.