put oneself out

Example Sentences

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Failure, he said, was “terrible,” but it was also “necessary,” if one wanted to learn how to put oneself out there and develop “resilience” and a sense of purpose.

From The New Yorker

I appreciate the sheer courage it takes to put oneself out there in any form — actors who dare to put their entire inner and outer lives on display for our derision or delectation can only be admired.

From Washington Post

"Do you want her only a few days, or do you calculate to have her stop longer? because you know it wouldn't be worth the while to put oneself out for a week."

From Project Gutenberg

Oh, don't thank me, my dear girl; I know one ought to put oneself out for a guest, especially a widow … under these circumstances over in England … during the war too … hang it, it's the least one can do.'…

From Project Gutenberg

This kindliness arose, it might be, in the first place from indolence: it was less trouble to be merry and amiable than to put oneself out to be selfish, which also meant standing a fire of disagreeable words and looks; and then, too, it was really hard for one who had never had a whim crossed to be out of humour.

From Project Gutenberg