on one's own
Example Sentences
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Investing does seem to be an area where there are lessons that usually cannot be taught, only painfully learned on one’s own.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
And as in most medical dramas, there are big questions about life and death one might find disturbing depending on one’s own life and circumstances.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024
Following a grievous injury or some other catastrophe, they were left brain dead—which is defined as lacking any brain function, including the ability to breathe on one’s own.
From Science Magazine • May 11, 2023
Indeed, Kansara plays Ria with spunk and a youthful vigor that makes it hard not to reminisce on one's own adolescent years.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2023
But that sort of feeling of soreness which comes from the sense of martyrdom is not quite the same as a raw wound on one's own personal score.
From Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange by Hobbes, John Oliver
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
