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Example sentences for "asking himself"

  • He goes as a dream goes,' Father Oliver said, and a few minutes afterwards he was sitting alone by his turf fire, asking himself in what dreams differed from reality.

  • On Saturday morning he had sat at his window, asking himself if he should go down to see her or if he should send for her.

  • He listened, but he was asking himself the while whether Lucy merited the love he would pour at her feet--asking himself whether it was possible for a pure, fair, spotless lily to bloom amidst the pollution around.

  • He had come to the point of asking himself whether it were really a fact that he had seen M.

  • Leblanc seemed to be asking himself: "Is this man an idiot?

  • Dudley paused in great surprise, asking himself, "What is his object?

  • Owen looked into his soul, asking himself if he were acting from a selfish or an unselfish motive.

  • Without waiting for an answer he ran back to the house, leaving Uwen standing on the pavement, asking himself if he should wait for this impertinent young man, who took it for granted that he would.

  • He looked at her a long time without replying, asking himself if, for the peace of his own heart, this confession would not be better than silence; but courage failed him, pride closed his lips.

  • He gazed with unseeing lingering eyes as he followed some of the implications of his act, asking himself if he really felt admonished to qualify it as disloyal.

  • Had ever a man, he had finally fallen into the way of asking himself, lost so much and even done so much for so little?


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    asking him; asking himself; asking questions; asking them; cannot remember; certain days; dear cousin; dear mistress; drawing nearer; feudal system; full vigour; good preservation; has said; immortal youth; last resource; more beautiful; public discussion; public economy; pure thought; sacred trees; seems certain; single bird; tailed grouse; well content; white mantle