Sentence examples for collecting ourselves from inspiring English sources

One of our duties is to bring scientifically significant material into the public trust, which we do by collecting ourselves, encouraging donations and by purchase – as long as the material we acquire has been obtained in line the highest legal and ethical standards.

Shall we hunker down and collect ourselves?

"We sat in the airport lounge and collected ourselves.

The band grooved on without her, letting us collect ourselves.

"So we could collect ourselves a bit before starting?" one student suggests.

"We wanted to make sure that we collected ourselves and were standing tall and were aware of what we've done and how proud everyone is," he said.

His music acted as not only a pause in the narrative, but as a chance for the audience to breathe, to collect ourselves.

Along the way, there will be chaos, and infuriating reports of corruption and ineptitude; there will be storms of blame, but we get up and collect ourselves.

Out on the sidewalk, as we tried to collect ourselves, Steve put it quite baldly (as he is): "That's the best game I've ever seen".

"We collect ourselves into a group because it gives us the power to continue the work and to train others," said Arafat.

After a stroll among the tall, mossy trees and headstones marked with Maine's old family names, we collected ourselves, bid Portland farewell, and headed north along the foamy coast.