oneself

[wʌnˈself]

Definition:
1. Emphasize one.
2. Something happens to you rather than to people in general.

Use 'oneself' in a sentence:

1. He argued that for very young children, thinking is really talking out loud to oneself because they talk out loud even if they're not trying to communicate with someone in particular.
2. One must apply oneself to the present and keep one's eyes firmly fixed on one's future goals.
3. So we've been looking at other ways of seeing whether this motivation to view oneself positively is shaped by cultural experiences.
4. It is not good to think only of oneself.
5. For the human being, following the Word of God, going with Christ means fulfilling oneself.
6. To work one must have time to oneself.
7. With this kind of disease, all one can do is put oneself in the hands of god.
8. One must never place oneself above the masses.
9. Having the ability to solve problems by oneself reflects that the person is independent and has already grown up.
10. One likes to do it oneself.
11. This process involves "trying on" new ways of thinking about oneself both intellectually and personally ．
12. It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize some formulas.
13. First and last, it is important to know oneself.
14. But Lehanne's psychology cafe is about more than knowing oneself: It's trying to help the city's troubled neighborhood cafes.
15. Better to strike out than to entrench oneself in defence.
16. As the individual matures, that overt talking to oneself becomes covert talking to oneself, but thinking still shows up as a laryngeal habit.
17. There was a study using pigeons, where researchers attempted to reduce MSR to a matter of conditioning, that is, they claimed that the ability to recognize oneself in a mirror could be learned.
18. The higher the position in which one finds oneself transplanted, the greater is the suffering.
19. Immersing oneself in society was a good way to reform society.
20. It extends the understanding of oneself.
21. When one dines in a restaurant, one likes a table to oneself.
22. Buying gifts or giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself, and luxuries are most enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly.
23. It makes learning to like oneself no easy task.
24. In today's world, what really counts is the ability to express oneself rather than technical competence or professional knowledge.
25. It's so easy to feel sorry for oneself.
26. It is a natural reflexive human reaction to distance oneself from wrong doings or faults.
27. Better in fact to make nothing of oneself than to make something of oneself.
28. Some things one must do oneself.
29. Seeing a thing for oneself is better than hearing about it.
30. One cannot do such a thing for oneself.
31. Look around oneself for stimulation.
32. One is firmly established by oneself.
33. Franz Kafka once said: "Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyssof oneself."
34. If one wants to learn it, one must do it oneself.
35. Happiness comes from oneself, not from partners.
36. The only guarantee of having a cabin to oneself is by travelling first class.
37. He offered up oneself for the cause.
38. It is better to die oneself than to kill.
39. When one has been in a family circle one cannot accustom oneself to this life!
40. It is valuable to know oneself.
41. Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student.
42. When working, one should concentrate and not allow oneself to be distracted.
43. One must have a correct estimate of oneself.
44. It does not always come easy to discover oneself.
45. The doll-like figures in these stories are unlike anybody, let alone oneself.
46. It's always a comfort to find oneself in good company.
47. The historic feeling of the town makes it a pleasant place to base oneself for summer vacations.
48. Downloading and consuming culture requires great skills, but failing to move beyond downloading is to strip oneself of a defining constituent of humanity.
49. It is a very rewarding exercise to work this out oneself.
50. It is difficult to make oneself concentrate for long periods.
51. One needs space to be oneself.
52. One cannot choose freedom for oneself without choosing it for others.
53. One has to ask oneself what the purpose of the exercise is.
54. In the unit one, we learned how to introduce oneself.