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Example sentences for "raised myself"

  • I raised myself upright on my knees, contemplated with the utmost delight the uncommon active play of her loins, and the exquisite side wriggling of her very fine backside.

  • I raised myself on my elbow, my eyes to the opening.

  • I raised myself gently up to feel further, touched the hips, the thighs, then the smooth belly, further on, and my hand laid in the thick hair of her cunt.

  • I laying half buried in the hay was not visible to her, but seeing her piddling, raised myself, and looked.

  • I raised myself up without uncunting; the straw rustling and crushing under us, too excited to lay still, after I had spent.

  • When she began to weep over me, my own tears stayed; my heart was eased because I had forgiven her, and then I raised myself up, and we sat together speaking of my father.

  • I raised myself up a little, and listened with my whole heart and might.

  • I raised myself to look: he was standing in the road, speaking to a farmer, or rather listening; and I saw his look quicken into sudden wonder and curiosity when we dashed past.

  • I placed my right foot in the channel of the stream, raised myself as well as I could on my left knee, and brought up the rifle.

  • I raised myself slowly in the saddle, and fired; but my hand shook so with the cold that I missed him.

  • I raised myself; I put out my arms to clasp her.

  • With a great effort I raised myself rung by rung on the ladder.

  • I raised myself on my knees, put my hands to my mouth, and shouted aloud at the top of my voice, with the utmost force of which my lungs were capable.

  • I raised myself on my arms and gazed all round.

  • I raised myself on my elbow, and stared fearfully in the direction, real or fancied, of the image.

  • Illustration: "I reached the giraffe, raised myself to his back, crawled along his neck and dropped fainting into the tree.

  • I raised myself on an elbow, and separating the fronds above me gazed in the direction from which the sound came.

  • With a struggle I raised myself to my feet.

  • Slowly I raised myself upon my hands and knees, and then with a great effort I lifted myself to my feet, but I found that I could not bear the pressure of my injured foot upon the ground.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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