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
He poured the water away, and dropped the cup, saying to himself, "It is still cool, and I really feel no thirst, it is not well to amuse oneself with supernatural things."
From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various
To amuse oneself is good, but to work is better still.
From The Double Traitor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
Paul, therefore, admonishes both teachers and hearers not to esteem lightly the doctrine of faith as if it were a toy with which to amuse oneself in idle hours.
From Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Graebner, Theodore
"And so," answered Nightingale, "according to your doctrine, one must not amuse oneself by any common gallantries with women, for fear they should fall in love with us."
From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry
