oneself

Example Sentences

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“His central idea was that to live is to act, transforming oneself and the world around,” Ms. Riskin writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

There are no legal requirements about how and where bodies should be stored, and no qualifications are needed to establish oneself as a funeral director.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

Creation comes naturally to both of them; playing with personal aesthetics is a means of liberating oneself from the status quo.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Is it self-awareness — the ability to recognize oneself as a distinct entity moving through time?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

It seemed as if the only hope was not to act at all, to draw no swords for anything, to hold oneself still, like a pebble not thrown.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White