I could not bring myself to believe that the girl who had so simply confessed to me her distress had wilfully assisted her father in robbing young Carrera, thereby causing him to take his life.
I had thought it over, but I could not bring myself to follow the doctor's advice.
And yet I could not bring myself to accept the offer.
Had it not been for Moira I must have perished from want and neglect, for I could not bring myself to do anything for my personal comfort lest it might seem I had abandoned hope of rescue.
The advantage I had gained now entitled me to stab him to death where he stood, or to cut off his ears if I had the mind to do it, but I could not bring myself to kill, or maim, an unarmed man.
But I could not bring myself to think that any of honourable birth would take advantage of an unarmed man coming in guise of peace to them.
However, I could not bring myselfto consult any one upon this point, at least in our own neighbourhood, nor even to speak of it near home.
Every moment, as it flew, lessened the chance of saving the lives of our horses; and yet I could not bring myself to abandon so many things that we could not do without, and which we could not in any way replace.
And in my heart of hearts I did believe him; but I could not bring myself to say the words.
I could not bring myself to write more, and even those few words were merely slipped into one of the books which you had given me.
I could not bring myself to own to Raffles that I had given her only books.
I could not confess my dreadful secret to her, for that would have put an end entirely to our relations, and I loved her so that I could not bring myself to give her up.
My first impulse was to follow the fiend, and to discover if possible his address; but I could not bring myself to leave Arabella at that moment, she was so overcome.
In plain words, I could not bring myself to do with premeditation what once I might have done from recklessness.
I could not bring myself to return to my miserable lodging again.
I could not bring myself to ask for payment, and the crowd passed on, unheeding me.
Yet at heart I could not bring myself to credit him with any fair dealing.
Had I dared I would have questioned him about the letter, but I could not bring myself to acknowledge this humiliation, even to him.
Should he discover it, then I must bear the humiliation as best I might; but I could not bring myself to go away, and perhaps wreck my future as well as his, through a misunderstanding.
I could not go without learning the truth, and yet I could not bring myself to meet Hugh at the moment, which I should have to do if I accepted M.
I do not know how another man placed as I was would have acted, but I could not bring myself to make the necessary sacrifice.
But I could not bring myself to believe that they would credit the story now.
I began to consider again very carefully whether in both our interests it would not be best for me to abandon him and hurry back to the city alone; but I could not bring myself to desert the helpless old man.
But I could not bring myself to that, much as I desired it.
I could not bring myself to disturb the outward respectability of your life by interrupting its outward calm.
Every day I would walk about the town, and passed and re-passed houses under erection, but I could not bring myself to go and speak to any one for fear of meeting the same fate that befell me the day I arrived.
Thus I could not bring myself to go among them for the purpose of getting signatures, and so the females were not represented in the complaint.
Her beauty had captivated me; her voice held me spellbound, and because I loved her I could not bring myself to suspect her.
Yet I could not bring myself to believe that my well-beloved had wilfully deceived me.
Her pale, tear-stained face betrayed signs of a terrible, breathless suspense, she fearing that I intended to cast her off, while I could not bring myself to any firm belief that her declarations of affection were genuine.
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