limit oneself to
Example Sentences
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Sam: When it comes to snacking there’s no need to limit oneself to just chips or light meals.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2023
"It won't be enough to limit oneself to cosmetic economic measures," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2022
The great events which shape the destinies of peoples— revolutions, for example, and the outbreak of religious beliefs— are sometimes so difficult to explain that one must limit oneself to a mere statement.
From The Psychology of Revolution by Le Bon, Gustave
But one need not limit oneself to pain, but may assert that we lack memory of all unpleasant sensations.
From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf
No, no; it does not do to limit oneself to oneself, and to struggle upward for one's individual spiritual freedom.
From The Malady of the Century by Nordau, Max Simon
