present oneself

When I’d respond that wrinkles were the worries of the rich, she’d scold me and say one didn’t need money to present oneself with class.

Meeting accusations of genocide with hysterical hypotheticals in the opposite direction is a terrible way to present oneself as the more credible authority on what it is and what it is not.

It begins with Koh and Tines dressed as they might be for any performance — her in a gown, him in tails — because, Tines said, “so many of our stories have come out of what it means to present oneself.”

Regardless of how they’re structured, or where they’re based, collectives present an affirmative act of identity formation, a statement of intention to present oneself in conjunction with others.

Obviously, the costume was a huge part of the characterization because this is somebody who really understands the power of how to present oneself.