Sentence examples for displaying himself from inspiring English sources

Flaubert had always been wary of publication, and said that when it came to finally displaying himself, he would only do so "in full armour".

"Like a monkey at the zoo, Giles is intent on displaying himself from his least flattering angle," said one teacher in my term report, a document strewn with words like "disruptive" and "unfocused".

He sees the giant who is the novel's other main character come from Ireland to get money by displaying himself, and he covets his bones for his private museum in Leicester Square.

The Russian leader isn't shy about displaying himself as a macho renaissance man, also participating in judo, ice hockey and horseback riding ― the latter sometimes shirtless.

"Look, Mama," My 5-year-old says over and over, and every time I do, he's in a different naked position displaying himself.

At about this time, General Hancock, who had been prominent in displaying himself on horseback to his men during the Confederate artillery bombardment, was wounded by a bullet striking the pommel of his saddle, entering his inner right thigh along with wood fragments and a large bent nail.

At first, it wasn't clear how he would display himself in his own work.

Terry's gamble, on Father's Day, was to display himself as the big daddy of this squad and take the discord to the public.

Gov. Jack Markell of Delaware, one of eight current governors scheduled to attend the conference, said the event offered Mr. Cuomo an opportunity to display himself as "a very strong spokesperson" for the country's Democratic governors.

And yes, of course he should never had got through to the final few rounds, but he does, as ever, display himself to have more energy and self-confidence than a lot of the top thirteen.

Oddly Frazier, so interested in Moore's strange masculinity, makes little critically of this extraordinary confession, which may, as Moore displays himself at the height of his powers, prefigure a time when he knows he will no longer be in control of the reception of the astonishing works of that irresistible fellow, "George Moore," whom he had sedulously fashioned from unlikely materials.