Sentence examples for himself designated from inspiring English sources

Then the story grew more peculiar when the dying Dipendra was himself designated king.

The section dealing with Surrealism, "The 'Chemists of Mystery,' " is inevitably dominated by Man Ray, who found himself designated the Surrealists' photographer by the movement's leader, André Breton.

Ignoring the fact that Henry I had himself designated her as his successor, the disgruntled official historians gasped at her effrontery: "She actually made herself queen of all England and gloried in so being called".

Our chosen route is the very recently completed Sustrans coastal bike lane between Hastings and Bexhill, and my husband has voted himself the designated driver.

Assange designated himself a "spy for the people".

"The commissioner has designated himself as high-holy executioner," Ginsberg said.

Defoe was clearly proud of this work, because he sometimes designated himself "Author of 'The True-Born Englishman'" in later works.

He was elated to be in the company of Richard Hofstadter, Peter Gay, and Garrett Mattingly, and became so enamored of the city that he designated himself New York Goy.

He has a kosher sushi restaurant, runs a private lottery (it is probably this activity that gets him killed and thrown in the canal), and has designated himself president of what he grandly calls the New York Cricket Club.

By staying at a distance from the objects of his obsession, Mr. Cunningham has molded himself into the designated noticer and interpreter of the city, a kind of Lorax of New York fashion.

Jeffrey Katzenberg, who founded DreamWorks with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen, and who has led the creation of its animation division, was one of the producers of "Shrek" and could have easily designated himself to collect the award.