Sentence examples for to press himself from inspiring English sources

That was his fatal error, which he compounded by trying to press himself on her.

Messala just about resists the urge to press himself literally against him.

Abraham said he did not want to press himself too much in his return, although he would like to go full speed in practice.

From it he gained some notion of an indescribable effort through time, and a notion of his own obligation to press himself, with similar effort, beyond the limits of his nature and experience.

The problem wasn't that he was attempting to press himself on her but that "as a passionate gourmet, he made sure that what he ate on the film set was always the finest" — and she put on twenty pounds, to the dismay of the head of the studio, who warned her that she was "sabotaging" her career.

He crossed into Juarez: "This is just my little sacrifice that I have to do". Among the first things Luna learned in Juarez was to press himself tightly behind a street post when a slow-moving car drove by, lest he be mistaken for a rival gang member.

Slater had been out with team-mates celebrating their 50-0 demofIrelandf Ireland when he was reportedly attacked and then acted in self-defence, with police saying that the Australian has the opportunity to press charges himself.

She rolled over onto her side, and he pressed himself to her back.

He was a good soldier, so when he heard the first crack of the executioners' guns, Fadel al-Shaati said he instinctively dropped to the ground and pressed himself against a wall of the freshly dug trench.

In general, Karajan allowed himself to press on a little more in this set; tempos are marginally brisker than with the Philharmonia.

On Thursday, after the section had gone to press, Mr. Forbes reversed himself and announced that he would refuse the Right to Life line.