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
"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
“Oh, this is only a place to amuse oneself in!” said Vane.
From The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias by Cooper, A.W.
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
Instead of being grateful, he always maintained that no one forbore his own gratification for the purpose of pleasing another, and "if one did sit up, it was probably to amuse oneself."
From Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings by Piozzi, Hester Lynch
