Sentence examples for apply himself from inspiring English sources

He has consistently failed to apply himself.

David was always into football; he didn't really apply himself at all to anything else.

Lionel was given an old violin and lessons, but did not apply himself.

Some of Clowney's teachers, while admiring his athletic ability, wish that he would apply himself in the classroom.

Above all, he should apply himself to making the daily lives of California's businessfolk a little easier and more predictable.

He told him that he should apply himself more in school, and then asked to see the map.

Morrison's old coaches speak about him chipping goalkeepers in training, then sigh at his inability to apply himself.

While there, he taught about how things get done on Capitol Hill — lessons he is now trying to apply himself.

Then he travelled the world with his partner, Lemarc Thomas, looking for new ways to apply himself.

To have nothing to do but apply himself to beating the system rather suited him, didn't it?

At best an indifferent student, he was expelled from McBurney after two years for failing to apply himself.