amuse oneself with
Example Sentences
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"Men to cross swords with, to amuse oneself with," I mused; "but dogs and horses to live with."
From The Deluge by Phillips, David Graham
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 books, facts, ideas—all the riddle of this various nature—that one might still amuse oneself with a little, till one's own light went out in the same darkness that had already engulfed mother—husband—child.
From Eleanor by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
It gave rather gay, fleeting fantasies—a sense of delicate mental power as though thought were a sort of glittering toy, to amuse oneself with.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
They have scarcely wit enough to amuse oneself with.
From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
