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Example sentences for "for himself"

  • For himself he did not care much because he knew that at the best--or worst--it would only be a very few years.

  • Although she was always brave, and never complained, he knew that her life was one of almost incessant physical suffering; and as for himself he was tired and sick of it all.

  • By these and similar means Adam Sweater had contrived to lay up for himself a large amount of treasure upon earth, besides attaining undoubted respectability; for that he was respectable no one questioned.

  • What has he got thereby, or how much richer is he at last, than he was, when he first set up for himself.

  • To wit, for himself, and the beasts, and birds of the field, &c.

  • My father set up for himself in business, establishing a tannery at Ravenna, the county seat of Portage County.

  • The elder, Solomon, remained with his relatives in Connecticut until old enough to do for himself, when he emigrated to the British West Indies.

  • For himself, he would serve to the best of his ability wherever placed.

  • The son made various unsuccessful provisions for himself, and still continued upon his father's hands, to their common dissatisfaction, though it was chiefly the younger who repined.

  • If he wants to see Irene, he can find out ways of doing it for himself.

  • For himself, he owned that he had made mistakes; he could see just where the mistakes were--put his finger right on them.

  • He had again and again made out for himself that he might have kept his little boy, his little dull boy who had died at school of rapid diphtheria, if he had not in those years so insanely given himself to merely missing the mother.

  • It was deep, what he understood, and Strether, for himself, could only so observe it.

  • Coleman wanted to ask his servant if there was any chance of the scout taking them near Nikopolis, but he delayed being informed upon this point until such time as he could find out, secretly, for himself.

  • As for himself, he seemed to be remote, exterior.

  • As for himself, he had no inclination to break it.

  • And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself.

  • And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.

  • It is an invidious office to tell other people's evil-doing, and he who brings evil reports of others generally and deservedly gets one for himself.

  • But pray let us return again to Mr. Badman: You say, that his Father gave him a piece of money that he might set up for himself.

  • He had deeply offended both by pleading the cause of the erring favourite, when the favourite should have spoken for himself.

  • For himself, he was smothering his wretchedness until he should learn her Majesty's final decision, as to what was to become of him.

  • As for himself he had already had enough of government.

  • The demon is vaguely outlined; each one is for himself.

  • As for himself, Fauchelevent did not wish to pay, troubled as he was.

  • The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

  • For himself he could truly say he did not care for poetry .

  • Polly had hidden her face, and was shaken by sobs As he could not get her to speak, Mahony picked up the letter from the floor and read it for himself.

  • For himself he could not keep such fiddling details in his head for two minutes on end.

  • For himself he was not afraid; but he shrank from the thought of Polly undergoing privations.

  • Siegfried jumps at the idea, and, since Mimmy cannot mend the sword for him, proposes to set to work then and there to mend it for himself.

  • But it was not a successful evening for his audience or for himself, and the one was doubtless as glad when it was over as the other.

  • And that became, for himself, the rule of Edward Bok's life.

  • We will, therefore, let Edward Bok answer these questions for himself, in closing this record of his Americanization.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "for himself" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    can make; for ever; for him; for his hard heart; for not; for our present purpose; for the year ending; for thy; forced landing; forced marches; foreign capital; foreign merchants; foreign origin; foreign ports; foreign trade; foreign yoke; forget the; forgive them; form water; formal education; formal logic; formed like; former ages; former place; fortnight before; human authority