Sentence examples for itself from inspiring English sources

The word "itself" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used as a reflexive pronoun to refer back to the subject of the sentence. For example: "The car crashed into itself."

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itself

pronoun

It;

  • The door closed by itself

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I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.

"The state of Palestine should be based on 1967 borders with agreed land swaps and with security guarantees for itself and Israel.

Uzbekistan is central Asia's most populous state and strives to assert itself as a regional power.

Assange calls the site "an uncensorable system for untraceable mass document leaking and public analysis," and a government or company that wanted to remove content from WikiLeaks would have to practically dismantle the Internet itself.

"It will take us a lot longer to get a good Supreme Court decision if the Court has to overrule itself".

Will history repeat itself?

The next series of another homegrown drama hit, the BBC's Torchwood, is being co-produced with US cable channel Starz – adding American stars including Bill Pullman – while Episodes is itself a co-production between Showtime and the corporation.

Analysts are in no doubt that the choice will be as definitive for the self-styled leader of Europe's anti-austerity movement, as the destiny of Greece itself.

Of course, none of that justifies state intervention by itself, but a powerful economic argument can be made.

The charity industry is used to standing up for itself.

A standard charge against the EU promoting democracy is that the union itself is not democratic – hence Brussels is at best hypocritical.

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