Sentence examples for heave herself from inspiring English sources

She could try to heave herself out of bed, but she couldn't outrun a snail in her condition.

Set down on the white sand, the turtle used her foot-long, mosaic-patterned flippers to heave herself into the sea's frothy waves, seemingly eager for another chance to live a long life that could last up to 80 years.

Mom added that, despite the possibility of paying a few pennies less, she would rather heave herself down a flight of stairs than do her Dr. Seuss routine at a place like Home Depot.

So while the sight of Pine and Roper circling each other over a rising body and thread count is indeed a thing of beauty, the real thrill of "The Night Manager" is watching Colman's Burr heave herself, belly first, out of yet another chair to do whatever it takes to bring just a little bit of justice to an often unjust world.

She rocks on her back to build momentum, then heaves herself over.

Heaving herself out at the side of the pool, she stood streaming water, too shy to ask for a towel.

Then, heaving herself up in a final act of defiance, she disappeared in a swirl of water, smoke and steam.

She heaved herself up onto an armchair and stood perilously on its arms, like a water-skier, to look in the mirror above the fireplace.

Confused, you find yourself looking around, as if a flash flood has just washed through the park, until suddenly you spot a woman on the hotel roof heaving herself up a metal ladder.

Quentin, loved for her turn as Dorothy in Men Behaving Badly, is a Hogarthian delight from the moment she heaves herself onto the stage cleavage first to the final climaxes.

For the delivery the mother had been on all fours, but as I cut the cord, and handed her daughter up to her, she heaved herself on to her back.