Example sentences for: oneself

How can you use “oneself” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In other words, the context was inappropriate: as if one heard his priest say “Goddammit !,” despite the fact that one said it oneself whenever something went awry.

  • [Lit. to drown oneself in a glass]

  • You are correct that it is not an activity meant for public viewing but, more important, seeing to one's dental hygiene while driving a car poses a threat to oneself, as well as to others.

  • By 1861, even Thomas Huxley was tired of arguing with people who didn't believe in evolution; "Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once," said the eminent biologist.

  • In American advertising, "feeling fresh" refers to ridding oneself of vaginal odor, a view expressed by a fashion model clad in white who has plucked every hair from her body and then painted in some artificial eyebrows and perhaps drawn a silhouette of Thomas Jefferson to replace her pubic hair.


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