Sentence examples for recognition of herself from inspiring English sources

Tuten's invincibly attractive, though cancerous, heroine does penetrate to a certain recognition of herself as poor faithful Echo in the Poussin painting of Echo and Narcissus (reproduced as a frontispiece), and claims to be "exhausted with herself" — "The hotel was tired with its stale tradition and tired carpets, and she was tired of her own story and its chronic repetitions".

With Groß's assistance, Cosima pre-empted any further attempts by outsiders to assume control of the Wagner legacy, by obtaining legal recognition of herself and Siegfried as sole heirs to all Wagner's property, physical and intellectual.

Currently residing in the Netherlands, Maya has her sights fixed on moving to Germany or Australia after nearly a decade spent fighting the Dutch government and medical community for both legal recognition of herself as female and access to reliable and comprehensive healthcare (she's chronicled her struggle in detail on her website).

("Lily prided herself on her broad-minded recognition of literature and always carried an Omar Khayyam in her traveling-bag").

When Sylvia considers the "mingled repulsion and fascination" of Muriel, she has a flash of recognition: "It was herself she was seeing".

The recognition of marital rape.

Recognition of the task is important.

We want recognition of our Kurdish identity".

It was the recognition of pure feeling.

There is a recognition of collective powerlessness".

"His recognition of defenses has gotten better.