Yourselves
[jɔː'selvz] or [jʊə'sɛlvz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Yourself
Typist: Sol
Examples
- Adrian exclaimed that the rudder was gone;--We are lost, cried Clara, Save yourselves--O save yourselves! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Name whom you will, in the fiend's name, and please yourselves. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I should hope you gentlemen of the army may find many means of amusing yourselves if you give your minds to it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You would not have them abused; but you don't want to have anything to do with them yourselves. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Why don't you all get together and be 'they' yourselves? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- You hate each other as you hate all else except yourselves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- To work a lot of power over you and you not know it, knowing as you think yourselves, would be almost worth laying out money upon. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Neither you nor any other master can help yourselves. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- You can see for yourselves that some one is there. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You mustn't give yourselves airs; you must be meek and humble, my blessings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And your slaves, see that ye feed them with such food as ye eat yourselves, and clothe them with the stuff ye wear. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Don't grieve and fret when I am gone, or think that you can be idle and comfort yourselves by being idle and trying to forget. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It has been fitted up with every attention to substantial comfort; perhaps to a little elegance besides; but of that you shall judge for yourselves. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Divert yourselves, he said and grinned. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You can see for yourselves the state in which I was left. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- This way, gentlemen; don't trouble yourselves about the postboy now, sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- What fine heroes you are yourselves! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You, imbeciles, where the lights are yonder, eating and drinking, and warming yourselves at fires! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Margaret and I shall be as much benefited by it as yourselves. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- But let me see one of you that would take one into your house with you, and take the labor of their conversion on yourselves! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And then, having yourselves thus lessened our encouragement for raising sheep, you curse us for the scarcity of mutton! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- How far might you call yourselves from the marshes, hereabouts? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Supply yourselves when we leave the animals. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Get yourselves married as they do in France, where the lawyers are the bridesmaids and confidantes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I wonder you two were not ashamed of yourselves to come in this afternoon and see me able to do nothing else. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Get home to your own country, and there take care of yourselves, for there we intend to come and kill you. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Yet you think yourselves very fine, I dare say! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You ought to be ashamed of yourselves,' said the voice of Mr. Raddle, which appeared to proceed from beneath some distant bed-clothes. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Calm yourselves! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You heard him yourselves to-night. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Sol