Itself means: it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Itself in practice.

Common word

Itself in a sentence

Itself meaning

  1. it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
  2. it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate
  3. it; used to refer back to an earlier subject

Itself in Dutch

Example sentences (20)

It is in this sense that the computer "pulls itself up by its bootstraps", i.e. it improves itself by its own efforts.

In Ayodhya itself there is a Ram Janki temple which has a vision of converting itself into a multi-faith harmony centre.

Even if the regime vets and even produces itself an AI bot, the thing about AI is that AI can learn and change by itself.

The explosion itself released an energy equivalent to more than 6,000 tons of TNT, the fireball itself weighing 200 tonnes.

Though the movie itself is fantastic and very well-made, how it is a comedy is a mystery in and of itself.

It was a situation that no team wants to find itself in, but nonetheless one that Eastern found itself in.

The answer must lie in the star itself, since there's nothing a planet this size can do to shield itself.

According to this doctrine, the body contains within itself the power to re-balance the four humours and heal itself (physis).

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Each of these perspectives is itself a Form, and is how Intellect generates for itself its own content.

From tearing itself apart for almost two years, the sport now has the job of stitching itself back together - and it won’t be easy.

While Frasers may cast itself as Mulberry’s savior, the company hasn’t exactly proven itself as a great caretaker of luxury brands.

The eye is drawn to a comet depicted in The totality of time lusters the dusk (2020), eerily equating itself with the virus itself.

Having improved itself, it would become better at improving itself, potentially leading to an exponential increase in intelligence.

The top itself is like a white blimp on the top of the glacier itself and is only 200 meters high.

This issue is not helped by the fact that original was able to wrap itself pretty well by itself.

Now the organisation needs to set itself ambitious, measurable targets, to push itself even more.

If the object is glowing by itself, it will show spectral lines caused by the glowing gas itself.

A bobcat made itself at home inside a Eugene-area school Tuesday, perching itself on a windowsill after school had let out for the day.

As far as the music itself, Neville says that jazz lends itself well to a festival atmosphere.

It is important to distinguish between the act of judging and the judgment itself, the act of counting and the number itself, and so on.

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Common combinations with itself

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • itself as 20×
  • itself and 18×
  • itself to 14×
  • itself is 14×
  • itself into 13×
  • by itself 13×
  • itself in 13×
  • of itself
  • itself at
  • itself from

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "itself" in a sentence?
An example: "It is in this sense that the computer "pulls itself up by its bootstraps", i.e. it improves itself by its own efforts." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "itself" from real English texts.
What does "itself" mean?
Itself means: it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
What is "itself" in Dutch?
"itself" translates to Dutch as: zichzelf.
How many example sentences with "itself" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "itself", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word itself. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.