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
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One may amuse oneself by fancying that there is something in the manner of St. Francis even in Mr. Masefield's attitude to his little brothers the swear-words.
From Old and New Masters by Robert Lynd
It is not easy to amuse oneself anywhere without it.
From The Box with Broken Seals by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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
But just to amuse oneself, and to be, besides, in a perpetual hurry over it because there is so much of it and the day can't be made to stretch, must be a sorry business.
From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Elizabeth von Arnim