ourselves

Example Sentences

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“We not only make records for ourselves, but we also perform live for ourselves,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

“The idea that we should have to identify ourselves and create this link to our identity that removes our ability to safely and candidly critique power and wealth is crazy to me.”

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

Games afford us the exhilaration of getting outside ourselves with new incentives, powers and ways to strive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

By using each outcome to sharpen our edge we can better position ourselves for what comes next.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Then we just went hungry, and those were the days, with no food inside us, when it was hardest to keep ourselves warm, even if we could manage to make a fire.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo