👩herself

pronoun
/hɜːrˈsɛlf/

Meaning

used to refer to a female person as the object of a verb or preposition when she is the subject

Example Sentences

She prepared the meal all by herself.

Example Expressions

by herself

Synonyms

on her own, alone, independently, solo, unaided

Antonyms

together, with others

Collocations

by herself, for herself, to herself, herself alone

More Example Sentences

She dislikes repeating herself strongly.

She's desperate to prove herself at work.

She tries not to compare herself to others.

She can't help comparing herself to others.

She stopped blaming herself once and for all.

She was strict with herself during exam season.

She is too thoughtful to make it about herself.

She gradually learned how not to compare herself to others.

She can’t help comparing herself whenever she sees social media.

A woman learns to drive a car at the age of thirty-five after depending on public transport for years and enrolls in a driving school near her home where an instructor teaches her the basics like steering, braking, and checking mirrors and she practices in a quiet parking lot every weekend gaining more confidence with each lesson until she passes the driving test on her second attempt and finally drives her children to school by herself for the first time.

Related Vocabularies

an unspecified person
used to ask for information about something
no person; not anyone
used to refer to a person or thing that is close or near in space, time, or thought
used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people
not any; no one; not one

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