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
My lord and I are on the intention to make good cheer, and a great expense; -and this country is in possession to furnish wherewithal to amuse oneself.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace
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 Arnim, Elizabeth von
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
To amuse oneself is good, but to work is better still.
From The Double Traitor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
