Explore Himself through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Himself meaning
- Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
- He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate
- The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.
Using Himself
- The main meaning on this page is: Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject | He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate | The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.
- In the example corpus, himself often appears in combinations such as: himself in, himself to, himself as.
Context around Himself
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Himself
- In this selection, "himself" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, establish, protect, enriching, enriching, exonerating and donald stand out and add context to how "himself" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all over himself to shake, and celebrating himself exonerating himself, finds himself, establishing himself and describes himself. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "himself" sits close to words such as chief, park and body, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with himself
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He is largely keeping himself to himself. (7 words)
Eventually, Smythe transformed himself into a superhuman, granting himself incredible powers and declaring that he was the ultimate Spider-Slayer. (20 words)
A political junkie, the concierge now saw me as an “expert” and fell all over himself to shake my hand and introduce himself. (23 words)
He also spoke about his six children, the struggles of trying to figure things out, growing up in a Jamaican home and how he found solace in the process of rebuilding himself by immersing himself in studios. (37 words)
But he constantly finds himself getting used for his powers by people like his classmates, his spirit friend Dimple and his master Reigan who’s a self proclaimed psychic himself, but makes Mob do everything. (35 words)
The video is of Quaid himself, who identifies himself as "Hauser" and explains that he used to work for Cohaagen but learned about the artifact and underwent the memory wipe to protect himself. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Aside from himself—enriching himself and celebrating himself, exonerating himself and retweeting himself—Donald Trump’s signature issue is immigration, though to use that term is to frame the issue incorrectly.
After returning to the future, he adjusts the Gate to send himself back to a point ten years earlier, to give himself time to establish himself as the local chieftain.
He then ostracizes himself from society and attempts to purify himself of "sin" (desire), but is finally unable to do so and hangs himself in despair.
The video is of Quaid himself, who identifies himself as "Hauser" and explains that he used to work for Cohaagen but learned about the artifact and underwent the memory wipe to protect himself.
A political junkie, the concierge now saw me as an “expert” and fell all over himself to shake my hand and introduce himself.
Back in Australia, the young shot-stopper had a little wait to establish himself, but made his debut in December 2019 and established himself as first-choice since.
Basim will constantly put others before himself, that's just who he is in Assassin's Creed Mirage, and this comes at the expense of himself.
Besides making a mark for himself in the Telugu audiences and the market, Dulquer has earned a separate fan base for himself in the north as well.
Brand sheepishly attempted to explain himself and replied: ‘I took her out for one evening,’ to which Sir Rod demanded to know if he had behaved himself while in his daughter’s company.
But he constantly finds himself getting used for his powers by people like his classmates, his spirit friend Dimple and his master Reigan who’s a self proclaimed psychic himself, but makes Mob do everything.
Eubank Jr also recalled incidents where after getting into trouble in school, he would attempt to protect himself from beatings by ‘padding’ himself with extra clothing.
Eventually, Smythe transformed himself into a superhuman, granting himself incredible powers and declaring that he was the ultimate Spider-Slayer.
Forced to ask himself new questions about himself and his values, he learns that sometimes breaking from old ties and forging your own path is necessary to remain true to yourself.
Gabi said Zach's actions after their Fantasy Suite -- including calling himself a failure, crying about having gone back on his word, and shaming himself -- were "really mean" words, in her opinion.
He also spoke about his six children, the struggles of trying to figure things out, growing up in a Jamaican home and how he found solace in the process of rebuilding himself by immersing himself in studios.
He did not think he could motivate himself to work himself to a standstill in training if the only reward on offer was an early round loss at a grand slam.
He is largely keeping himself to himself.
Held in a detention room at the airport, he recalls stripping naked, trying to jump out a window, urinating on himself and trying to make himself ejaculate — all in hopes of waking up.
He’s been an all-time great off the field also; role model, wise, how he carries himself, handles himself – until that moment at the end of that game.
He’s tough, often too tough, and it’s quickly evident that he’s shielded himself from everyone by barricading himself behind a wall of knowledge, cynicism, and alcohol.
Phrases with himself
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with himself
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- himself in 33×
- himself to 33×
- himself as 31×
- himself and 26×
- of himself 18×
- himself from 16×
- himself with 14×
- to himself 13×
- himself on 13×
- himself into 12×