oneself
Example Sentences
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That’s the thing about being an artist: The need to express oneself is always real.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Assigning yourself the heavy duty of curing all disorders, however, strikes me as even more hubristic than comparing oneself to Jesus Christ.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
We need to stop thinking of college as a time to find oneself and recast it as a period of intellectual development that precedes our more formative mid- to late 20s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Cleanliness and cleaning up after oneself in public places is deeply ingrained in Japanese culture.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Of course one tried all sorts of games with oneself to try to make the time pass: and of course they were all no good.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
