Sentence examples for contain herself from inspiring English sources

In the sisters' hyper-sensitive, hyper-active candour – the elder one struggling to contain herself, the younger one baffled by the need for containment – we see an echo of Villazon's Salzburg Alfredo, the lover who vibrates with vulnerability.

She could not contain herself.

But she could not contain herself.

But then she can contain herself no longer.

Lady Nicholson, the committee chair, could scarcely contain herself.

Mendoza, an outfielder from Camarillo, Calif., cannot contain herself about being here.

A creative free spirit contains herself on the Lower East Side.

Olivia, now a college student who throughout her years attending La Cañada High was a Valley Sun intern, contained herself nicely when she pointed out our gaffe.

She is contained: positioning herself at a slight distance from everyone else and scarcely gesturing.

When you look at Magda, who is quite short and (when dressed) usually looks neat and more or less conventionally contained inside herself, you'd never guess that she possessed such a voice.

Mattila, who has the seeming ability at once to unleash and contain this force within herself, is also capable of turning an audience into maenadic devotees.