Sentence examples for slew himself from inspiring English sources

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On coming to his senses he slew himself with the sword that he had received as a present from Hector.

We learn the unfortunate story of a wretched undercook called Thomas, who according to the coroner's report "feloniously and willfully slew himself" by throwing himself upon the sword of the caddish Lord Oxford.

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As Max, Jamie Foxx slows himself down.

"He knows he can't put any weight on that foot, or he'll slow himself down.

Overeem started off looking great but slowed himself down whereas not to empty the proverbial "gas tank".

He was relaxed, had a good delivery, and didn't slow himself down with any talk about policies or governing.

And yet, for all that fear, for all that damage, he struggles to slow himself down as he pushes his horses for speed.

When he is interviewed, particularly for print, he has the habit of slowing himself down, and the result is a spool of cautious lucidity.

Besides his defeat last fall, there was that embarrassing car crash when his driver ran a red light, and he vowed to slow himself down a bit.

A second wave pushed him back down, and he accelerated again through the gantlet, grabbing at things, trying to slow himself down.

And though the famously punctual Mr. Bush added an unscheduled stop outside Wheeling, slowing himself down, Mr. Kerry's hour-and-46-minute tardiness in departing Greensburg dashed reporters' hopes for a game of chicken by motorcade.

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