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
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Asolare—“to disport in the open air, amuse oneself at random.”
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
Still, one can amuse oneself in London, and I have my home in the country to which I can retire whenever I need a rest.
From The Fortunes of the Farrells by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
One seemed to have nothing to do but to amuse oneself then, and it was so easy to amuse oneself that one never grew tired of doing so.
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton
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