amuse oneself
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"There are better ways to amuse oneself than by being a movie star," Fedora pouts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead of being grateful, he always maintained that no one forbore his own gratification for the purpose of pleasing another, and "if one did sit up, it was probably to amuse oneself."
From Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings by Hester Lynch Piozzi
True, their meetings were but childish play, but at the end of the enclosure, under the apple trees, there was a delightful nook where one could laugh and chat and amuse oneself at one's ease.
From Fruitfulness by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
At Oxford, as I dare say you know, inducements to amuse oneself at the expense of one's education are endless, and encouraged by the authorities.
From Trent's Last Case by E. C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley
“Oh, this is only a place to amuse oneself in!” said Vane.
From The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias by A.W. Cooper
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