amuse oneself
Example Sentences
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"There are better ways to amuse oneself than by being a movie star," Fedora pouts.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Bentley, E. C. (Edmund Clerihew)
My lord and I are on the intention to make good cheer, and a great expense; -and this country is in possession to furnish wherewithal to amuse oneself.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace
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 Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
“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 Cooper, A.W.
