The moral man acts in the service of an end or an idea: he makes himself the tool of the idea of the good, as the pious man counts it his glory to be a tool or instrument of God.
When the Greeks were of age, they drove out their tyrants, and, when the son is of age, he makes himself independent of his father.
This proposal pleases the old couple, and they adopt him as their son; he makes himself a bow and a wooden arrow, and goes to hunt wildfowl for their support.
An' when a man wins men's esteem, then thrives by their mistakes, He makes himself a bigger fool than all the fools he makes.
In the course of this war the chief hero, Cuchulaind, makes himself famous by defending the country of Ulster single-handed!
To prepare Laertes for his return, Ulysses relates one of his fairy tales ere he makes himself known.
He makes himself, instead of a single, selfish man, a man of family; and it is easy enough to consider that marriage and the family life bring immediately restraints and prohibitions.
He makes himself subject to obligations, duties, and drill.
We dare to tell the man that if he enters into the divine life, if he makes himself a servant of God and does God's will out of obedient love, he shall then be strong and wise.
One day he exceeds his licence, he makes himself intolerable; he must begone.
He maintained that whoever sets up the law as a ground of salvation, "makes himself a transgressor" (ch.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "makes himself" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
