His writing has strong brush strokes, and you can feel the strength.

He was reading to himself in the library.

He was reading a book to himself in the library.

His talk is always verbose, and it's tiring to listen to.

Due to his machinations, the company fell into great chaos.

He secretly plotted a coup.

He was reading to himself in the library.

He has a habit of reading the newspaper to himself every day.

When he was a schoolchild, he used to read books in the library every day.

When he was a schoolchild, he used to go to the library every day and read books.