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
But if one falls, that is no reason to throw oneself in the abyss.
From Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales by Maupassant, Guy de
This struggle not to throw oneself in must be dreadfully difficult?
From Literary Lapses by Leacock, Stephen
When one hears the Aasgaardsreija coming, one must throw oneself on the ground and pretend that one sleeps.
From Strife and Peace by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)
