Sentence examples for he held himself up from inspiring English sources

He held himself up as an example.

Chamberlain knew the wound was likely to be mortal but feared that falling in front of his men might derail their momentum, so he held himself up on his saber until he weakened and fell.

His State of the Nation address earlier this month was one long populist tract in which he held himself up as the voice of "those who are not usually asked, whose voices are not usually heard".

But Isherwood is all too aware of his shortcomings and finally announces to his spiritual mentor that he will never again make a public speech in which he holds himself up as a moral ­example.

On one hand, he holds himself up as the heir to the more progressive, reformist tradition in of his party, an intellectual provocateur in the model of early progressives like Teddy Roosevelt, Robert La Follette and Hiram Johnson.

"That's the very least he can do in these circumstances," he said, noting that Palmer had held himself up as a great business leader and philanthropist.

He seemed to be holding himself up by his fingers, which poked through the grid of the gate.

When he was too exhausted to hold himself up, the next attacker would wrap his arm under Jean Paul's hips and lift him by the stomach.

Those close to Cimino believe he simply didn't want to "hold himself up to ridicule" a second time.

When they came back he was still alive, but he had been slashed badly across his arms when he held them up to protect himself.

He held up a picture of himself with three of them.