Sentence examples for throwing oneself from inspiring English sources

Indeed, perhaps the most upsetting aspect of Wednesday's highly-publicised spat is that it took so long for the dozens of spectators watching to get involved – which doesn't necessarily mean throwing oneself into the line of fire, but helping to defuse a tension from which violence is a regrettably predictable outcome.

But then, one may wonder, how would Aristotle (according to Crisp's reading) evaluate the act of throwing oneself on a handgrenade in order to save the lives of others?

Living as if one is holding the reins lightly in hand, holding all things as sacred but no more sacred than one's own heart, throwing oneself into the moment fully, even the moment of dying--all this made it possible for me to stay conscious, reverent and joyous as I moved from life to death and back to life.

Meltdowns may be characterized by screaming, crying, throwing oneself on the floor, etc.

"Throwing oneself boldly towards goals risks setbacks; but one also attains unexpected results," writes Beauvoir.

Throwing oneself at the mercy of the begging bowl, as is required of those seeking enlightenment in the Buddhist traditions, is hardly consistent with the national curriculum's drive to inculcate financial responsibility among young people.

But one does not just throw oneself at a $50,000 bed.

(To fly, as the British writer Douglas Adams defined it, is to throw oneself at the ground and miss).

One throws oneself into swimming or poetry or community organizing or fundraising, or perhaps all of them at one time or another.

Among snowboarders and skateboarders and others, to "huck" is to throw oneself into a jump without inhibition (the term was inspired by the wild spirit of Huckleberry Finn).

Naturally, under a one-sided mandate of community rating and guaranteed issue, without a mandate to be insured, healthier and younger individuals will see advantage in gambling, remaining uninsured until illness strikes, at which time one can them throw oneself on the mercy of community rating and guaranteed issue.