And yet he had tried them well, telling himself that he was only a little feverish, and had been studying a little too hard.
That same day the Reverend Henry Lambent walked straight down to the girls' school, telling himself that he was quite disenchanted now, and that he could talk to Miss Thorne as calmly as if she were a perfect stranger.
Instead of telling himself that he was an ass to have forgotten this privilege, and more than an ass to be huffy about it, he was cross with Sabine, as though she had deliberately drawn him into the snare.
It did not matter how it was done, Christophe was in despair; he had not even the consolation of telling himself as he fulfilled his task that he was doing useful work; his conscience reproached him with it as hypocrisy.
He sat down limply on the edge of his bed, wondering whether the end would come soon, telling himself that he was dead already.
When she spoke, sniffs were audible; and Mark kept on telling himself that he had been a fool to come.
There was no apparent ardour, although he was, certainly, contented and proud; and he rode home that night at a very respectable hour, telling himself that he was one of the happiest men in the kingdom.
Still, more now from habit than anything, the gardener continued his nocturnal rounds, telling himself that he could not sleep without one peep at the lassie's window before going to bed.
But Vandover set his face against them, honestly, recalling his resolution, telling himself that he was done with that life.
He shuddered and grew sick again for a minute, telling himself that he would never forget that scene.
For an hour he gave himself up to the enjoyment of l'Art, excusing his indolence by telling himself that it was all in his profession and was not time lost.
He did his best to bear all this with no more than an inward smile, telling himself that it behoved him as a man to allow her to have her little revenge.
He already repented his present conduct, telling himself that it would have been better to have treated the men from the first as spies and enemies;--though in truth his conduct had probably been the wisest he could have adopted.
Telling himself that he was "glad to have had the opportunity, and was game to face the moral risk of praise or blame.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "telling himself" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
