oneself

Example Sentences

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The belief that dark forces lie behind unwelcome circumstances, and concomitantly that nobody sees these forces but oneself and perhaps a few others, is as old as politics.

From The Wall Street Journal

Kindness, including for oneself, helps clear the debris of the past.

From MarketWatch

“Efforts to envision a different future for oneself, for one’s community, and for the city are not guaranteed unequivocal success,” she writes.

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe that’s why it always seemed hokey and gross to define oneself as a millennial — I should have known better.

From Salon

The ability to appear as oneself in shared civic spaces signals confidence that one’s neighbors see that expressed identity as legitimate, accepted, and safe.

From Slate