themselves in a sentence

The orphan children were told to behave themselves.

The children got a bunch of scrap wood from the construction site to build themselves a tree-fort.

The surfers braced themselves as the wave hit them, and then continued to wade out to deeper waters.

The students stood up one by one and introduced themselves.

Snails can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves.

They were quite beside themselves with joy.

The inside defects never fail to express themselves outwardly.

A Spanish proverb notes that love, pain, and money cannot be kept secret.

They soon betray themselves.

A few years before the death of Christ, 960 Jews killed themselves at Masada rather than yield to Roman soldiers.

As a similar feature it is noted that students engaged in fundraising activities rarely contribute money they have earned themselves.

I told the kids that they would enjoy themselves at the museum, but they seemed unconvinced.

Fijian soldiers distinguished themselves in battle during the Second World War.

All his political enemies showed themselves at his funeral.

Honduran white bats make themselves tents out of leaves to protect their small colonies from jungle rains.

The day after they moved into their house, their new neighbors came by to introduce themselves.

God helps those who help themselves.

Many of my friends seem to do nothing but amuse themselves by playing games with games machines.

The most basic principle of citizenship is that people should govern themselves.

They disguised themselves as fishermen and escaped in a boat.