for oneself

Example Sentences

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Cologne is a personal choice, true — but it’s eminently regiftable, after one surreptitious spray, and it’s a luxury that can feel too extravagant to purchase for oneself, especially in a climate of economic uncertainty.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026

This finding suggested that giving to other people could provide more pleasure — per the brain’s reward system — than doing something that feels good for oneself.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2025

In one experiment, participants were shown a list of nearly 40 common types of good news, which included items such as saving up money, buying a gift for oneself or reducing a debt.

From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2023

The play is a study in learning to bear failure and futility, if not for oneself then for those loved ones, like lonely Sonya, who has enough sorrow without the addition of her uncle’s suicide.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2022

Actually, getting and doing for oneself was his advice on everything.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers