throw oneself
Example Sentences
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“The faith to throw oneself over the highest bar,” Swinton said of Miller’s long-gesticulating endeavor.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
I wanted to throw myself on a bed and cry about being so hungry and about everything else, but these were not beds onto which one could throw oneself.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
How much easier, then, to throw oneself on the superior educational qualifications of the German military machine.
From Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Once throw oneself into the atmosphere of myth and it is not difficult to comprehend how such stories grew up.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Roy Wood Sellars
I call it wicked—yes, downright wicked, and tempting Providence, to throw oneself into danger unnecessarily.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Bertram Mitford
