Colonels White, Washington and Jamieson, with other officers and men, threw themselves in the river and escaped by swimming; while some who followed their example, perished.
Major Sutherland and about sixty Hessians threw themselves into a small block-house on the left of the fort and opened an irregular fire.
After a few more remarks in a similar strain, the two officers, both old campaigners, threw themselves on their beds, and were soon fast asleep.
The lieutenant and more seamen coming up threw themselves on him, and in spite of several other people who had come out, he also was secured.
Some were cut down; others fled to the waist, and leaped below; and several, in desperation, threw themselves overboard.
Without a moment's hesitation they placed their hands on the sill, threw themselves into it, and flung down the window.
The sailors, some twenty strong, threw themselves together, and, headed by the midshipmen, made a rush at the Russians.
Then the defenders of the battery raised an answering cheer to their friends in the distance, and, exhausted with their exertions, threw themselves on the ground.
In the midst of the general desolation, Archambaud and Thierri, only anxious to avoid death, threw themselves on board a vessel which was going to join the fleet of Louis VII.
Then the nobles and the people who believed they had been witnesses of a miracle, threw themselves on their knees and returned thanks to God for his blessings.
The Lusitanians on the left bank of the Tagus, led by Caucaenus, threw themselves on the Celtici subject to the Romans (in Alentejo), and took away their town Conistorgis.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "threw themselves" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
