herself
∞
1.0
- pronoun
- /hɜrˈsɛlf/
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- After a long day, she needed a moment to appreciate herself and her accomplishments.
- find herself
- him or herself
- position herself
That woman's been battling herself for years.
- That woman's been battling herself for years.
- But she still believed in being herself and proving herself through her work.
- And thought about shaving her head to make herself less attractive.
- In just in removing the word just changed how she saw herself.
- He does say she isn't hideous, she just doesn't look like herself anymore.
- But she does have this balance and she never let herself sulk too long.
- What I would want to dig into with her is what it is that she believes about herself that makes her think that that's OK.
Examples
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But one way she creates space for herself is by fading into the background.
Academic text (2011) -
Look, my wife is making herself a better person.
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Why would she set herself up with you?
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So she has evidence that she can rely on herself.
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But she does have this balance and she never let herself sulk too long.
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And the point is that Eve emancipates herself from her family.
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She loves and celebrates herself just as she is and as she's not.
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Once again, Tambu attempts to shield herself by refusing to witness her classmate's humiliation.
Academic text (2008) -
She taught herself how to play the piano by watching online videos.
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No one else can understand her situation better than she understands herself.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Herself is simply her + self, where self means 'own person'. So when she looks at herself or blames herself, the action is done to the same woman who is the subject.