Sentence examples for urged himself from inspiring English sources

A bouncer who studied sword fighting and ninjitsu, adopted a Japanese surname and urged himself to become a "monster in the most positive way" was convicted yesterday of two 2005 murders but acquitted of a third.

Like those rare times when Paulette would get stoned with him and within the haze would slough her adult layer and reveal the unbridled sweetness underneath, the goofy charm — remember this, Robert always urged himself, remember this person here.

The Scot urged himself to "Focus!

Murray urged himself on as he grabbed a foothold in the match but his usually reliable backhand was starting to break down too regularly, and when he clattered one into the net on break point at 4-4 handedded the advantage back to his opponent.

He lay on the floor, near the stove, and closed his eyes and urged himself to sleep, but the buzzing irritated him awake once again.

While writing the novel, Kesey made notes in which he urged himself to make the novel's protagonist quit living, and this became the theme of this episode as well.

He screamed "COME ON!" as the ball flew away for four, urging himself to concentrate.

Murray was talking to himself perpetually, urging himself on; he had his foot on Federer's throat and didn't intend to release it.

Far from basking in the applause, he appeared to check himself each time he provoked it, as if, like the good Catholic he was, he had to urge himself to humility.

But then, on urging himself to light a fire just the same, he begins to have second thoughts about the strangers on board who could prove more dangerous than the pythons and Komodo dragons he's learned to live among".

Nervous, paranoid and delusional, he struggles to function normally, whether by urging himself aloud to stay calm, scrubbing up in public toilets, or medicating himself with alcohol and cocaine.