itself

[ɪtˈself]

Definition:
1. Used when the animal or thing that does an action is also affected by it.

Use 'itself' in a sentence:

• 1. The legislation represents in itself an unhappy compromise.
• 2. The job itself had been simple enough.
• 3. I certainly don't have anything to prove ─ my record speaks for itself.
• 4. The hedgehog scrunched itself up into a ball.
• 5. The school system itself is not totally desegregated.
• 6. In the 1990s the Labour Party rebranded itself as New Labour.
• 7. The company has got itself into difficulties.
• 8. In making these promises, the company had clearly overreached itself.
• 9. The town itself was full of life and character.
• 10. The baby was screaming itself hoarse.
• 11. He thought about giving up his job, but then common sense reasserted itself.
• 12. The government found itself confronted by massive opposition.
• 13. There is even a flashback to the murder itself.
• 14. The government is keen to put some distance between itself and these events.
• 15. The regime is profoundly divided against itself.
• 16. The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself.
• 17. The frog puffed itself up.
• 18. If cornered, the snake will defend itself.
• 19. The operation itself is a brief, painless procedure.
• 20. This system perpetuated itself for several centuries.
• 21. The novel itself remains oddly inert.
• 22. My phone seems to switch itself off randomly.
• 23. Does the VCR turn itself off?
• 24. Her voice doesn't really lend itself well to blues singing.
• 25. Her success speaks for itself.
• 26. The bullet embedded itself in the wall.
• 27. The government has pledged itself to root out corruption.
• 28. The cat rubbed itself against my legs.
• 29. The cat was washing itself.
• 30. We may talk of beautiful things but beauty itself is abstract.
• 31. The dog scratched itself behind the ear.
• 32. The manager of the hotel was courtesy itself.
• 33. It will all sort itself out in the end.
• 34. It doesn't have the market to itself.
• 35. As soon as the opportunity presented itself, she would get another job.
• 36. Her philosophy of life is to take every opportunity that presents itself.
• 37. The fire had burnt itself out.
• 38. The rail pass will pay for itself after about two trips.
• 39. DNA carries the genetic blueprint which tells any organism how to build itself.
• 40. Thankfully, a solution presented itself to him surprisingly soon.
• 41. A solution proffered itself.
• 42. A solution immediately suggested itself to me.
• 43. The baby can't feed itself yet.
• 44. The virus mails itself forward to everyone in your address book.
• 45. The village itself is pretty, but the surrounding countryside is rather dull.
• 46. One major problem did present itself, though.
• 47. This cycle repeats itself ad infinitum.
• 48. Life has a nasty habit of repeating itself.
• 49. This chapter concerns itself with the historical background.
• 50. In itself, it's not a difficult problem to solve.
• 51. Good sense asserted itself.
• 52. I think life itself is a learning process.
• 53. The race itself is very exciting.