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Myself in a sentence

Myself meaning

  1. Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
  2. Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.
  3. In my normal state of body or mind.

Using Myself

  • The main meaning on this page is: Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject. | Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described. | In my normal state of body or mind.
  • In the example corpus, myself often appears in combinations such as: myself and, to myself, myself in.

Context around Myself

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 11 start, 9 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

repeat 3× put 2× trust 2× challenge 1× find 1× date 1× encourage 1× give 1× tell 1× push 1×

Often after:

competing 1× think 1× thinking 1× proud 1× behind 1× needing 1× political 1×

Sentence patterns with Myself

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

i repeat myself when under 3× and encourage myself to show 1× and find myself competing with 1× and getting myself out there 1× and give myself the same 1× been building myself up on 1× can hurt myself more 1× competing against myself rather than 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

addressing her devastating 1× all fiction is 1× and i trust 1× can you please 1× elsewhere on the 1× he added i 1×

Common sentence endings:

courageous he said 1× do for myself 1× everyone s way 1× get myself out 1× have done it 1× hurt myself more 1×

Words around Myself

Just before it in the word index:

myschool 2 mysaria 2 mysalam 2 mysa 7 myrtletown 2 myrtles 4

Just after it in the word index:

myshake 3 myshall 4 myshkin 2 myshop 2 mysia 5 mysian 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

ex 5.455 musical 5.455 friendly 5.448 institutions 5.448 younger 5.447 except 5.443

Corpus analysis for Myself

  • In this selection, "myself" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, repeat, put, trust, competing, think and thinking stand out and add context to how "myself" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include i repeat myself when under, and encourage myself to show and find myself. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "myself" sits close to words such as ex, musical and friendly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with myself

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

And I trust myself a lot more than I used to trust myself. (13 words)

I’ve never called myself political, I’ve never called myself an activist. (13 words)

One day, I said, I got myself here; I’m going to get myself out. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Addressing her devastating loss, the model continued: ‘I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone, make them and myself proud and that takes a lot of bravery, so for that I’m proud of myself because there’s a lot that wouldn’t have done it. (48 words)

All fiction is “what if?” and I have to put myself in the position of the person who is doing the what-iffing; if I took myself out, it would be a proper historical novel with the implied expertise of a writer speaking from a position of authority. (48 words)

It caused me to really stretch myself and look at things on a broader spectrum and tested me on how much I can do by myself and without an outside stimulus or somebody else to just play off of on. (40 words)

Question examples

Can you please confirm all these details yet again so I don’t station myself behind a griddle and completely embarrass myself in front of the staff? (27 words)

Example sentences (20)

I like to challenge myself and find myself competing with myself whether I like it or not.

I want to date myself this year and encourage myself to show up and give myself the same kind of love I give (and want to receive from) others.

He added: “I started to make myself think of her the same way I think of my friends and co-workers: any time I found myself thinking of her sexually, I would tell myself, ‘No.

Addressing her devastating loss, the model continued: ‘I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone, make them and myself proud and that takes a lot of bravery, so for that I’m proud of myself because there’s a lot that wouldn’t have done it.

I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat.

All fiction is “what if?” and I have to put myself in the position of the person who is doing the what-iffing; if I took myself out, it would be a proper historical novel with the implied expertise of a writer speaking from a position of authority.

And I trust myself a lot more than I used to trust myself.

But even on the most uncomfortable of days, forcing myself to get up and go for a walk has been the best thing I could possibly do for myself.

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But I really embraced myself with Dub Nation, submerged myself with them throughout my tenure here.

Can you please confirm all these details yet again so I don’t station myself behind a griddle and completely embarrass myself in front of the staff?

Elsewhere on the podcast today, Fergie insisted she is 'actually very shy', saying: 'I play down to make myself very tiny to keep myself out of everyone's way.

I found myself needing to outsource a lot of the skills I couldn't take on myself, which actually helped to push through the process quicker.

I had set certain targets for myself and I was competing against myself rather than anyone else.

I love myself and am proud of myself and it has taken lots of processes to get to this point.

I’m not going to put myself in a position where I can hurt myself more.

It caused me to really stretch myself and look at things on a broader spectrum and tested me on how much I can do by myself and without an outside stimulus or somebody else to just play off of on.

I've been dedicating a lot of time and focus towards my songwriting and I've been building myself up on social media and getting myself out there, taking more risks and being more courageous," he said.

I’ve never called myself political, I’ve never called myself an activist.

Myself and my family, recently visited the Sherwood Forest branch in Nottingham, our party consisted of four adults and two children, myself and my partner, my mum and her partner and my two children (aged 4 and 10).

One day, I said, I got myself here; I’m going to get myself out.

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Common combinations with myself

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "myself" in a sentence?
An example: "I like to challenge myself and find myself competing with myself whether I like it or not." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "myself" from authentic English texts.
What does "myself" mean?
Myself means: Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
How many example sentences with "myself" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "myself", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.