The phrase "align yourself with" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe taking a certain position or to indicate that you are joining a certain group or movement. For example, you could say, "I wanted to align myself with other environmentalists in the area, so I joined a local conservation group."
It's strange to align yourself with something you never wanted in the first place.
It doesn't matter whether you choose to align yourself with iOS, Cocoa Touch, and Xcode, or whether you align yourself with Windows, Metro-style, and Visual Studio, although I know which I'd pick.
If you're tempted to align yourself with Planet Zune rather than Planet iPod, you should ask two important questions.
"You align yourself with those who are clearly not with the working-class Americans," Mr. Collins said.
With this knowledge, it's so much easier to identify shared interests, align yourself with others' aspirations, and make effective job applications.
Sharing something about yourself is often a statement about what you believe in, what causes or values you align yourself with, and what, in particular, you love and identify with.
It's a version of the old spoils system: align yourself with other members of a group — Irish, Italian, women, or whatever — and try to get a bigger slice of the resources that are being allocated.
It's a version of the old spoils system: align yourself with other members of a group — Irish, Italian, women, or whatever — and try to get a bigger slice of the resources that are being allocated" (Books, November 16th).
Those are some pretty highfalutin authors to align yourself with, but the band's members aren't a bunch of bookworms, and their live shows and albums are true to their other heroes, among them Bruce Springsteen, the Replacements, and Wilco.
"So you have to, if you're Russia, ask yourself, is this a country that you and a regime that you want to align yourself with?" There was an instant reaction in the outside world and on Twitter Hitler, shy about using chemicals to kill people?
You go to the middle of Central America, align yourself with three particular stars, place a small dagger inside a carved-stone map, follow the direction in which it points, head down a writhing tunnel, fight off scores of infuriated Mayans, climb a few hundred steps, confront the sacred guardian, evade his flaming spear, nip through the doorway, and bingo: the Tree of Life.
