I am attacked by it at times, like any one else; but when it so happens, I tell myself that it shall soon be over, and always keep my word.
I tell myself, 'I shall see him no more,' the thought may kill me; happy if it does.
I try to tell myself that I will take the child and go away, and crush my own hopes and yearnings, and give my life to him.
I am a grown woman, and I am not afraid of words; I tell myself this a hundred times; and it is true--and yet there is a way in which it is not true.
No, I am not insane, I tell myself; I am not insane!
Some day, oh, some day, I tell myself--you will no lonnger play and trifle with me and my soul!
I hardly know how to tell myself, under these circumstances, what I wish about Hammond's mission, because the panic here is so disgraceful, that the country will not allow us to do them justice.
There are days and nights at a time when I tell myself that I ought to believe what my husband believes, that I ought never have allowed myself to think of anything else.
I try to tell myself that I dealt with him frankly from the beginning.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tell myself" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.