keep to oneself
Example Sentences
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Or perhaps they had just learned a lesson that Mr. Tale-Yax so clearly had not: better to keep to oneself than to risk the trouble that comes from extending a helping hand.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2010
It wasn't a thing one could very well keep to oneself.
From The Market-Place by Frederic, Harold
One could buy expensive digital books which one was allowed to share, quote, or copy for classroom use, and cheaper ones which one had to keep to oneself.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James
In such surroundings one can most easily keep to oneself, for every walk presents objects of an important kind, and satisfies the want of men and things.
From Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 by Hueffer, Francis
One should not be an artist save when one absolutely cannot keep to oneself the feeling one has—only when one has too much feeling.
From Pierre and Luce by Rolland, Romain
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
