ourselves

Example Sentences

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“Who do we have to blame but ourselves if we are not putting the right proposition in front of the student?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“So rather than trying to recreate that ourselves, it made a lot of sense to bring them in, support what they’re doing and help them scale,” she added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

“It was either ‘give us stats we can use to make ourselves look good’ or ‘give us the stats to show how bad things are in this area,’” Gordon said.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

This is where Howe has previously come into his own, and Hopkinson maintained "we are not distracting ourselves with speculation about what we may or may not do in the summer".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“We’ll go dig worms and sell them for bait on Monday so’s we can buy ourselves a root beer at the Rite-Time.”

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney