reconcile oneself
Example Sentences
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Kudos to Pope John Paul II for showing how to reconcile oneself to death and die with dignity.
From Time Magazine Archive
One took a long time to reconcile oneself to this idea, even when no hope of real success remained.
From Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 by Sir C. E. (Charles Edward) Callwell
One must not forget one is in a fair way to become a grandfather; it is plainly an urgent duty to reconcile oneself to that estate and cultivate its proper gravity and decorum.
From Alias the Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance
He was thankful not to have to believe in God, for then such a condition of things would be intolerable; one could reconcile oneself to existence only because it was meaningless.
From Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
That, of course, was one of the sad things of life to which one must reconcile oneself.
From Murder in the Gunroom by H. Beam Piper
