Sentence examples for saying itself from inspiring English sources

It was as if, just as Franny had promised, the prayer had taken over and was saying itself in his heart: Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a sinner.

It is probably fair to say that relevance theorists are mainly responsible for contemporary pragmatics focusing not only on what is conveyed beyond saying but also on saying itself, and for the fact that, as we shall see below, contemporary philosophical pragmatic theory tends to focus on the extent to which pragmatics 'intrudes' upon the traditional turf of semantics.

He said: "I wanted a picture that didn't say itself right away, that didn't give itself up.

To find that loose and ludic habit offensive is, needless to say, itself a basic right.

As Labour said itself – without humour, obviously – "Some people said we were going to come fifth".

For that conviction is, he says, itself not a theorem or even a mathematical proposition.

"I'm only saying what the state itself says".

Many say Pakistan itself has changed.

The police said Chengdu itself is secure.

That, needless to say, is itself hyperbole.

You'd say Vesuvius itself was in the drawing room.