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Example sentences for "support herself"

  • She will now be able to support herself comfortably.

  • She was soon able to support herself, for she turned out, contrary to her expectations, a very excellent teacher.

  • And she went to the door all trembling, scarcely able to support herself, shivering with excitement and wild anticipation.

  • When some one arrived at the door, her heart leaped so into her throat that she felt herself suffocated; she had to put her hands to her side and clasp them there to support herself as footsteps came up the stair.

  • Miss Garth staggered back a step and caught at the bench to support herself.

  • She caught at the table to support herself.

  • Her hands trembled as she placed them on either side of her, to support herself on the stone seat.

  • She will also need a small income, since she may not be able to support herself wholly by this work for a number of years, if indeed she does so ultimately.

  • During the time when she is becoming skilled in her occupation it is difficult for the girl at work to support herself entirely.

  • She may lose her health by a few years' overwork and become unable to support herself.

  • A thousand painful recollections crowded to her mind, and the effort, which she made to support herself, only served to increase her agitation.

  • A faintness suddenly came over Emily, and, unable to support herself, she sat down on a turf bank beneath the trees, where several other persons were seated.

  • She tried very hard to be good and industrious at her tasks, wanting the time to come as soon as possible when she would be able to support herself, Blanche, Harry, and Nannette.

  • Thus a year passed away during which Ethel gained in stature, in self-reliance, and knowledge of the work by which she hoped one day to support herself, and her brother and sisters.

  • Henceforth she was to support herself by her own acknowledged labor.

  • Where do our girls learn this notion of its being disgraceful for a woman to support herself?

  • He tells us that every woman should be so educated, that, if at any time compelled by reverse of fortune to support herself, she would be able to do so.

  • But it does not seem to me equally clear that every girl should support herself, and certainly, if she does, it requires great judgment to select the way.

  • There is no doubt that every girl should be able to support herself.

  • But the best knowledge of the world is gained through the attempt to support herself.

  • Ten years later she was able to support herself as an engraver.

  • Also, her own statement of the manner in which she might, if assisted, support herself.

  • She put her arm round the rough stem of the fir-tree to support herself, but it shook with her though there was no wind, only the softest of morning airs.

  • She came forward slowly, put up the veil that had covered her face, and grasped the bar before her to support herself; and then the boy sprang to his feet, in the terrible shock which electrified him from head to feet!

  • She had to hold by him to support herself, and it cost her a strong effort to restrain the shiver that ran through her.

  • She leaned heavily on a chair to support herself.


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