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Example sentences for "help himself"

  • I was always very careful to give him something to carry, for if I did not he was almost sure to help himself.

  • Do you think he won't do me a turn, when it's to help himself in the end, shipmate?

  • For Flask to have presumed to help himself, this must have seemed to him tantamount to larceny in the first degree.

  • Least of all, did Flask presume to help himself to butter.

  • When Arion was apprized that this was the king's disposition, and that he had no way to help himself, he gave the child a thousand talents, and was let out of prison.

  • I am sorry to say I think he has met with a serious accident and is unable to help himself.

  • But to help one to help himself is never weakening, but always encouraging and strengthening, because it leads him to a larger and stronger life.

  • In other words, the greatest service we can do for another is to help him to help himself.

  • There is no better way to help one to help himself than to bring him to a knowledge of himself.

  • If we help a man to help himself, by opening the chances around him, we put him in a position to add to the wealth of the community by putting new powers in operation to produce.

  • Now, the aid which helps a man to help himself is not in the least akin to the aid which is given in charity.

  • The only help which is generally expedient, even within the limits of the private and personal relations of two persons to each other, is that which consists in helping a man to help himself.

  • His first attempt to help himself was to take the knife out of his belt and cut down some of the grass within reach, and make a softer bed on which to rest it.

  • Too far gone to be able to help himself, Mr. Gray had him removed to a chamber, his wet garments taken off, and replaced by dry under-clothing.

  • Too drunk to help himself, he must have been drowned even in that insignificant stream, had there not been help at hand.

  • He had gone through it all before, and was tired of it; but for his life he did not know how to help himself.

  • He had felt that it was coming for the last quarter of an hour,--and he had felt, also, that he was quite unable to help himself.

  • Johnny remarked that he did not see how in such circumstances his uncle was to help himself.

  • He went up to the counter, and was about to help himself to the food supplied.

  • He gave me his love that night direct, warm from his heart, because he couldn't help himself.

  • It seemed as if he gave me his whole heart then and couldn't help himself.

  • And now the unhappy King's son stood there, and was blind and knew not how to help himself.

  • In his trouble and fear he went down into the courtyard and took thought how to help himself out of his trouble.

  • And out of this great unrest emerged Robert Owen, handsome, intelligent, honest, filled with a holy zeal to help himself by helping humanity.

  • To personal criticism he very seldom made reply, feeling that a man's life should justify itself, and that explanation, excuse or apology is unworthy in a man who is doing his best to help himself by helping humanity.

  • His desire was to benefit mankind, and to help himself by helping others.

  • If he was not attended to he proceeded to help himself.

  • When Moses observed the food he proceeded to help himself.

  • Another habit that Moses had was putting his fingers in the dish to help himself.

  • Like a flash he realized that, having struck the platform, Mr. Penton undoubtedly had been stunned and was unable to help himself.

  • By the time they had reached there Mr. Penton was able to help himself a little, but the boy had a hard tussle to get the superintendent on the platform.

  • The superintendent was beginning to struggle, but he was too much dazed to help himself.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "help 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:
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