"Out," he urges himself and us, "always out: my penchant is for opening, not closing, sentences (and parentheses — and em dashes, so that this I can spawn or take on other Is, to expand toward the size of the big starry X that is whatever is coming after this, but not have to reduce back to the previous state, to vanish back into its once and former singularity".
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.
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.
One can imagine Saddam urging himself through a fixed number of laps each morning, pushing to exceed the number he swam the previous year, as if time could be undone by effort and will.
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.
