Sentence examples for believing himself from inspiring English sources

James disagreed, believing himself to be a poet.

He stood at the end of a ruined pier, believing himself quite alone.

Believing himself about to die, he wrote a long letter of apology to Washington.

He is all the more frightening for believing himself both rational and good.

But Jack, believing himself accused of a slight he had not made, could not bring himself to touch her.

(Lydgate dies at fifty, believing himself a failure: "He had not done what he once meant to do").

His Irishness is central to the project, believing himself the product of an ancient warrior code, a latter day Cuchulainn.

As André watches from behind a screen, believing himself unnoticed, the Widow turns herself into a monster of artifice.

One Minnesotan, believing himself already to be enrolled, called an insurer in the hope of scheduling surgery for January.

Believing himself "socially inept", he shored up his confidence with alcohol, ecstasy and cocaine, which fuelled increasingly erratic behaviour.

Believing himself to be a vehicle for salvation, he saved discarded objects as a way to save souls.