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.