oneself

Example Sentences

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“His central idea was that to live is to act, transforming oneself and the world around,” Ms. Riskin writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Creation comes naturally to both of them; playing with personal aesthetics is a means of liberating oneself from the status quo.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Is it self-awareness — the ability to recognize oneself as a distinct entity moving through time?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

The challenge is to position oneself deliberately between these extremes.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

One loses oneself for the sake of the other, but in doing so becomes enslaved and miserable to the most capricious of all the gods.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt