all by one's self
Example Sentences
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"It's so lonesome all by one's self, Dodd."
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 by Bates, Harry
That is a beautiful book," she said, "and to read it all by one's self must be lovely.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 by Various
The worst thing, usually, is the loneliness; holding it down in a shack, three years or more, all by one's self.
From Neighbours by Stead, Robert J. C.
It must be splendid, he thought, to live there all by one's self with nothing to worry over and no work to do.
From The Boy Trapper by Castlemon, Harry
"There are some things one can't decide all by one's self."
From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Moore, Emma G.
