amuse oneself
Example Sentences
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"There are better ways to amuse oneself than by being a movie star," Fedora pouts.
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He poured the water away, and dropped the cup, saying to himself, "It is still cool, and I really feel no thirst, it is not well to amuse oneself with supernatural things."
From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various
Well," she said, "one must amuse oneself, and I suppose it is only reasonable that we should all choose different ways.
From Jeanne of the Marshes by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
Still, one can amuse oneself in London, and I have my home in the country to which I can retire whenever I need a rest.
From The Fortunes of the Farrells by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
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