ourselves
Example Sentences
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"We can't go up there ourselves, so we help however we can," said the 41-year-old.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
But let’s remind ourselves: It’s better to be lucky than good, and that Betts has been unlucky, which is bad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
We can’t live our lives to the extreme all the time, but we can do ourselves a favor and become better acquainted with exactly what we want and how to get it.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
“We didn’t give ourselves the license to think any bigger.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
His real name was Herman Sluring; Pickwick was the name Betsie and I used between ourselves because he looked so incredibly like the illustrator’s drawing in our copy of Dickens.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
