Examples of 'himself to speak' in a sentence

Meaning of "himself to speak"

himself to speak: a phrase suggesting that someone made an effort to start talking or expressing themselves

How to use "himself to speak" in a sentence

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himself to speak
If he could bring himself to speak to her.
Himself to speak to us clearly within a historical and cultural context.
Our neurologist forced himself to speak.
He had taught himself to speak five different languages while in prison.
He does not trust himself to speak.
I like to imitate the accent of a German of Vietnamese origins forcing himself to speak English.
Tom forced himself to speak.
He smiled, sympathetically he hoped, not trusting himself to speak.
He would not lower himself to speak English.
It sounded almost as if he was having to force himself to speak at all.
Why does he lower himself to speak with an unknown woman?
Let people come in and I will ask the Minister himself to speak to you.
If he could bring himself to speak to her. As for the rest of us.
He did so by letter, for he could not bring himself to speak to her.
He composed himself to speak to his favourite sister.".

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He knew what had happened, and could no longer bring himself to speak to me.
I want God himself to speak to me!
He didn't quite trust himself to speak.
He would not lower himself to speak English Would you, Stab?
Speak English? He wouldn't lower himself to speak English.
Jesus was positioning himself to speak with God.
By what right does he allow himself to speak like that?
Finally, Victor forced himself to speak again.
And to this day, Perez still can not bring himself to speak of Ventura 's passing publicly.

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