Sentence examples for define himself to from inspiring English sources

Here is a clean slate: his chance to define himself, to explain from scratch who he is and what he does.

But in the present highly charged political climate, where mention of the old board frequently elicits memories of bickering, it may be politically awkward for Mr. Thompson to mention those achievements as he seeks to define himself to voters.

While Mr. Obama defended other elements of his record, including the health care law that is in legal jeopardy at the Supreme Court, he devoted most of his remarks to trying to define Mr. Romney before Mr. Romney has a chance to define himself to voters.

Mr. Paterson, who admits that he was unprepared to be thrust suddenly into the role of governor, is trying to define himself to the public as someone who can get things done, so he can buttress his chances of being elected in 2010 on his own merits.

"He's never allowed a Democrat to define himself to the voter.

And what of the rough-edged, gritty, unelected Harry Truman who never attended college, was a failed businessman, and who, two and a half years into FDR's fourth term, was still trying to define himself to a skeptical nation and hold together the fraying New Deal coalition?

SCORECARD -- By dipping into his deep pockets and starting commercials nine weeks before the election, Mr. Corzine has the luxury of defining himself to voters who don't know him.

The New York Times, exactly four years later, wrote of Ronald Reagan, "But in defining himself to the world, the 40th President of the United States chose the role of moderate in a script of gradualism". Evidently the titans of editorialism like to apply the verb to public figures making self-introductory speeches, and its use blossomed in 1988.

And I find it interesting to hear how each one tries to find an issue or principle to define himself or herself to the public, as well as how they are going to try to paint their opponents.

He began to define himself in opposition to Barcelona and thus to the prevailing footballing ethos of the age.

He was supposed to live long enough to define himself rather than to be defined by his mother or his father.