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

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 Mitford, Bertram

That demoniacal impulse to throw oneself from a height took possession of me.

From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick

It is hard to be gamed for against one's consent; but when one's country is at stake, one must throw oneself out of the question.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace