deny oneself

How to use deny oneself in a sentence

• If they must die—to-day—to-morrow—or the next day—why deny oneself any joy that the world still had to offer?

  By Right of Conquest | Arthur Hornblow

• Mistakes, like other errors, are often used to fulfill wishes which one ought to deny oneself.

  A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis | Sigmund Freud

• One may deny oneself, but not a living thing is necessarily the better for it—generally many are the worse.

  The Daughters of Danaus | Mona Caird