amuse oneself
Example Sentences
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"There are better ways to amuse oneself than by being a movie star," Fedora pouts.
From Time Magazine Archive
True, their meetings were but childish play, but at the end of the enclosure, under the apple trees, there was a delightful nook where one could laugh and chat and amuse oneself at one's ease.
From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
One seemed to have nothing to do but to amuse oneself then, and it was so easy to amuse oneself that one never grew tired of doing so.
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton
One may amuse oneself by fancying that there is something in the manner of St. Francis even in Mr. Masefield's attitude to his little brothers the swear-words.
From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert
But just to amuse oneself, and to be, besides, in a perpetual hurry over it because there is so much of it and the day can't be made to stretch, must be a sorry business.
From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Arnim, Elizabeth von
