His past experiences now stood him in good stead, and he proved himself a capable leader by succeeding in forcing the colony into a small, settled community.
The new Governor was not a particularly strong man, and in many of his actions he proved himself a weak successor of the stern Sir Thomas Dale.
But Edward’s brother usurped the throne by a particularly foul murder, and being on it proved himself a tyrant.
Khalil Pasha, who was now in command, proved himself to be no more competent than his predecessor.
There was no indication of his subsequent career, when he proved himselfto be the most able and resolute of Sultans since Solyman the Magnificent.
He has, as those here will tell you, proved himself fully my equal as a swordsman, and could kill you if only armed with a six-inch dagger against your sword.
It seems he proved himself with a stick your superior, although armed with a sword, and Master Dalboy will tell you that it is better to leave him alone.
In carrying out his task he proved himself to be a keen observer and a man of resource.
Matsudaira Sadanobu, son of Tayasu Munetake and grandson of Yoshimune, proved himself one of the most capable administrators Japan had hitherto produced.
Ashikaga Takauji made Ko no Moronao his shitsuji, and a highly competent captain he proved himself.
Fortunately for the Bakufu, the regent's son, Yasutoki, proved himself a ruler of the highest ability, and his immediate successors were not less worthy of the exalted office they filled.
But the prince's procedure was largely regulated by Kamatari, who, alike in the prelude and in the sequel of this crisis, proved himself one of the greatest statesmen Japan ever produced.
He proved himself a good soldier and able leader against the successors of the Lin family on one side, and a formidable pirate named Sunghen on the other.
His son and successor, Yangti, although he reached the throne by the murder of a brother, proved himself an intelligent ruler and a benefactor of his people.
He proved himself a vain and superstitious ruler, placing his main faith in fortune tellers, and expecting his subjects to yield implicit obedience to his opinions as "the master of the law and the prince of doctrine.
In the battle of Germantown he proved himself a cool, brave and skilful officer.
In the discharge of that duty he proved himself competent to manage pecuniary matters.
He wrote history, in addition to plays and poetry, and later, in his attacks upon the Church, proved himself a skilful and unscrupulous controversialist.
Frederick II proved himself a splendid general, worthy of the father whose only war had wrested the coveted province of Pomerania from the doughty Charles XII of Sweden.
Your son, from the day he joined the regiment, proved himself a credit to us, and a most determined soldier.
He proved himself a faithful servant of his Lord and Master, through evil and through good report, for upwards of forty years; he served his country faithfully, and he proved upon more than thirty fields that he was second to none.
Meanwhile the lord-lieutenant of Ireland, the Earl of Clarendon, proved himself a most vigorous governor.
Sir Robert Peel, he proved himself to be, in the language of Disraeli, "a very great member of parliament.
The noble marquis was not an experienced politician or administrator; but in his management of the difficult and complicated concerns of Jamaica at that time, he proved himself to be a man of ability and honour.
Whatever might be Mr. Gladstone's abilities as an economist, or a financier, he proved himselfincapable as a statesman.
In this position he proved himselfone of the most able and active enemies the Christians had to contend with.
Schumann's four symphonies rank next in importance to those of Beethoven and Schubert, and in depth of sentiment and emotional power he proved himself a worthy successor to Beethoven.
Bennett, a disciple of Mendelssohn, proved himself a worthy heir to Purcell, and is regarded as the founder of a new English School.
William Mason (1829) proved himself worthy of the heritage entrusted to him by his father, Lowell Mason, and is looked upon as one of the chief factors in the evolution of American music.
The other Evangelists say that Jesus proved Himself to be a King, and so fulfilled the words of the Prophets.
He had shown how the Word, being made flesh, proved Himself by all His acts and discourses to be the same who had taught the hearts and consciences of men in all ages.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "proved himself" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
