Sentence examples for essentially himself from inspiring English sources

He, too, seemed struck by portraying a character who is essentially himself.

Mr. Lagasse plays, essentially, himself, a chef with a popular cooking show.

But Merkin points out, "Anatole's subject, even in fiction, was essentially himself.

Here were Floridian palm trees, ocean breezes, and Tahnee Welch — daughter of Raquel — taking off her clothes while Steve Guttenberg, playing essentially himself, peeked through a peephole.

He capped his display with a precise, first-time finish for the second goal, but it says everything that he created the chance, essentially, himself, via some determined pressing when Costa Rica had the ball and a lung-busting run to provide support in the final third.

Even though Ray Romano technically portrayed a sports writer instead of a comedy scribe on Everybody Loves Raymond, he was essentially himself as Ray Barone when he won Best Comedy Actor in 2002 after three previous defeats (1999-2001).

In neat contrast to Charlie, who is essentially eating himself to death, Alan fell ill and allowed himself to waste away after a traumatic last visit to his local church.

By then he had maneuvered himself into the chairmanship of the countys Democratic Party, so he could essentially anoint himself for the job.

He also essentially declared himself to have been vindicated.

Mr. Bush essentially cast himself as the genuine populist.

A half-century younger, Mr. Statman essentially apprenticed himself to the master.