extricate oneself
Example Sentences
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It’s a detour from regular life, one that is certainly time consuming, and definitely one from which it is difficult to extricate oneself.
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2018
A bizarre world, a time consuming tangent or detour, often from which it is difficult to extricate oneself.
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2018
Compton deserves the chance to establish himself and to demonstrate that it is possible to extricate oneself from the county circuit by sheer weight of runs.
From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2013
“My advice is to not get tangled up with the law to begin with. Once you do, it’s a sticky wicket, that’s for sure! Not easy to extricate oneself, har har.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
There is often considerable danger in such a fix, for every effort to extricate oneself simply tends to make a deeper immersion.
From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Lindley, Augustus F.
