herselves

herselves pronoun: her; used to indicate the referent as an entity with more than one self.

Pronoun

herselves

(nonstandard, pronoun, reflexive) Her; used to indicate the referent as an entity with more than one self.
- Coordinate term: himselves
- She had a vision of two of herselves, living in different universes. A world had once existed with one Novena in it; it still must exist, she must still be there, yet here she was.2000, Sandra Shea, The Realm of Secondhand Souls, Boston, M.A.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 40

Most of herselves felt variations on her present anxieties, but a few were filled with strange emotions changing too fast to identify.2016, Blake Charlton, Spellbreaker, London: HarperVoyager, →ISBN, page 21:
Where did it all go wrong, she wondered, easing out of bed, uncertain of what to do with herselves, uncertain of which self was her self and which self was someone else.2023 April 24, Catherine Lacey, “Congratulations on Your Loss”, in Slate, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2023:

From her + -selves.

What does herselves mean?: Herselves means her; used to indicate the referent as an entity with more than one self.
How do you use herselves in a sentence?: Most of herselves felt variations on her present anxieties, but a few were filled with strange emotions changing too fast to identify.
What part of speech is herselves?: Herselves is a pronoun.

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