deny oneself
Example Sentences
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“My Happy Ending” may at times feel modest, but the lessons imparted are far from disposable, including the idea that life is too short to deny oneself treats or wear uncomfortable shoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
There is nothing, I think, sweeter than to deny oneself all things for love.
From Marion Fay by Anthony Trollope
And my experience of life has taught me that to deny oneself a single pleasure for the sake of some foolish scruple is wasteful; it only brings regret, and profits one nothing.
From The Bigamist by F.E. Mills Young
If they must die—to-day—to-morrow—or the next day—why deny oneself any joy that the world still had to offer?
From By Right of Conquest A Novel by Arthur Hornblow
Mistakes, like other errors, are often used to fulfill wishes which one ought to deny oneself.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
