Sentence examples for raise himself from inspiring English sources

"Please," the robber begged, trying to raise himself up.

He blinks and struggles to raise himself a little, the kayak shifting below him.

He managed, however, to raise himself up, call d'Anthès to the barrière, and shoot.

Then he'd raise himself onto his knuckles, rock forward and drop down again a few inches to one side.

Do not believe what you read about all the money the president will raise himself, Mr. Plouffe urged them.

While they were embroiled in their marital dramas, Crane was left to raise himself, with unorthodox results.

"He was raising himself," said Trevira Jefferson, a friend.

Altman raised himself and drank, expecting water, but it was thick and salty — soup.

Grant raised himself because that is the way it was done there.

Then he raised himself from the tree and started off, and stumbled, then recovered.

Grandpa Charlie Joe Ray, orphaned as a boy, raised himself in the woods and swamps.