deny oneself
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“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
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 Hornblow, Arthur
Mistakes, like other errors, are often used to fulfill wishes which one ought to deny oneself.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund
One may deny oneself, but not a living thing is necessarily the better for it—generally many are the worse.
From The Daughters of Danaus by Caird, Mona
To recognise what is harmful as harmful, to be able to deny oneself what is harmful, is a sign of youth, of vitality.
From The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
