Sentence examples for sought for himself from inspiring English sources

This one person took many others with him to a death that he had sought for himself.

The character's job is to observe and write without exposing himself, which is what Buarque has always sought for himself.

Donald E. Cameron, who delivered the eulogy at the funeral remarked of Primrose, "Colonel Primrose never sought for himself or for his men more than that their record of service should be allowed to speak for itself.

But the noble high road he says he seeks for himself and New Jersey should have come long before he became involved in a blackmailable activity.

Each citizen must seek for himself the sign of times and make sure he is well informed on the current political and social situation of his country.

Byfield in 1714 went to London to lobby on behalf of the land bank interests, and to seek for himself the post of governor, which was open for consideration after the accession of King George I to the throne.

Should other means of justice be sought for Saddam Hussein himself?

"He never sought cover for himself," Colonel Poppas said.

Gujarat: Suspended senior police officer, Sanjiv Bhatt, sought protection for himself and his family citing a "manifold" rise in security threats, Daily Bhaskar reports.

Ward, who was born some two generations after Stubbs and eagerly sought fame for himself, was well aware of his predecessor's genius.

Unlike the rest of them, the archbishop was neither greedy nor devious; he sought nothing for himself, alone was willing to plead for those who fell into disfavour (a service he performed with equal courage and futility for Sir Thomas More, Anne Boleyn, Thomas Cromwell, and others), and miraculously retained Henry's goodwill throughout.