all by one's self
Example Sentences
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"There are some things one can't decide all by one's self."
From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Moore, Emma G.
That is a beautiful book," she said, "and to read it all by one's self must be lovely.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 by Various
It is lonely dining all by one's self.
From The Four Million by Henry, O.
It must be splendid, he thought, to live there all by one's self with nothing to worry over and no work to do.
From The Boy Trapper by Castlemon, Harry
This room will be rather dismal all by one's self, and I don't know how I'm to go about, up and down, fetch and carry, and work as you are able to do....
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various