by oneself
Example Sentences
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To be lonely was to be only by oneself.
From Salon • May 29, 2023
By the 18th and 19th centuries, though, the idea of reading silently by oneself had become more common, though not always socially acceptable.
From Washington Post • May 6, 2020
What you can argue is that it’s a private grooming act, like blowing your nose or excavating your ear canal, that ought to be done by oneself, in the bathroom, immediately followed by hand-washing.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2020
Face it: it can supplant the necessity or awkwardness of being alone and by oneself.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2018
He imagines that it is only God and the free creatures who are active in the true sense, and that in order to be active one must be determined by oneself only.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.
