all by one's self
Example Sentences
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The worst thing, usually, is the loneliness; holding it down in a shack, three years or more, all by one's self.
From Neighbours by Stead, Robert J. C.
"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.
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
It is better to go slow, to wait, to get information bit by bit and all by one's self.
From Their Son; The Necklace by Zamacois, Eduardo
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
