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Discover LudwigThe phrase "thought himself" is correct and can be used in written English.
You could use it when expressing an opinion that someone has about themselves. For example: "John thought himself to be quite intelligent."
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He thought himself more important than me.
Lucky as he thought himself, Burton hated acting.
In spite of these arrangements, Dowell thought himself "happy".
"I was the only man in the kingdom who thought himself a donkey".
So he truly thought himself in mortal peril, yet fought to beat Karpov as though his life depended on it?
He was young, relatively speaking, though he wouldn't have thought himself especially so, with a young family already.
Mr. Corre, who thought himself the coolest guy in London with the coolest pedigree, was intrigued.
On Tuesday night, Mr. Zimmer briefly thought himself the victor based on reports from news organizations.
"Shimon was the immigrant who knew the language well, who thought himself a man of letters.
After his father committed suicide—"He thought himself to death"—his mother became an evangelical.
At first, he thought himself bisexual, and married a childhood friend.
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