say to oneself
Example Sentences
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“If they took you into the Actors Studio, it made one say to oneself, ‘Maybe I have something.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2024
It is necessary to say to oneself, That is good for Rubens, this for Raphael, Titian, or Michael Angelo.
From The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art by Cicely Margaret Powell Binyon
To-morrow the bread will seem not so dear, the wine better, the tools less heavy, when one can say to oneself on rising: "Well, that old Mora had to come to it like everybody else."
From The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Burnham Ives
V. Soliloquize; say to oneself, talk to oneself; say aside, think aloud, apostrophize.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
There is something very touching in hearing a kind voice say what one has often struggled to say to oneself.
From Queechy by Susan Warner
