Sentence examples for supposed themselves from inspiring English sources

It became clear to many young Romanians that when they had supposed themselves to be fighting for liberty they had merely been risking their lives in a murky power struggle between two communist factions.

We discover that her parents are exceptionally attractive people: Wasps of the Stevensonian strain, intelligent, wealthy, and hard-working (the father owns a crusading newspaper in San Francisco, the mother runs an avant-garde art gallery), and what arrives literally on their doorstep is the embodiment of a problem that they would have supposed themselves ready to battle to the death to resolve.

No reduction of fees for families supposing themselves to be deprived.

Lest we fail to get the message that she has rebelled against the tyranny of those who suppose themselves to be superior to her, Dorries declared on arriving in Australia: "I do not like arrogant people who think they are born to rule".

The participants were supposed to imagine themselves in this particular situation and respond accordingly based on their immediate reaction.

Best of all, the book gives due attention to the many female scientists involved, which is more than a lot of the supposed innovators themselves managed.

And they're supposed to revirginize themselves.

Where, for starters, are the laws of quantum mechanics themselves supposed to have come from?

In Swan Lake, dancers are supposed to dust themselves with white powder".

But how are today's Muslims supposed to defend themselves, given their military inferiority?

"They're supposed to plaster themselves to the receiver they were covering when the play started.