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Discover LudwigThe phrase "allowing oneself" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of permitting oneself to experience or do something, often in a reflective or introspective context.
Example: "She found it difficult to relax, but eventually, she started allowing herself to enjoy the moment."
Alternatives: "permitting oneself" or "granting oneself".
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In terms of allowing oneself to reflect? "Yeah!
Sometimes a measure of independence is allowing oneself to be taken care of.
They are a warning against allowing oneself to be cocooned – by mother or anyone else.
Hard times and rough circumstances are not excuses for degrading others or allowing oneself to be degraded.
Partly, it means allowing oneself to think of Paterno as a teenager, when he was an usher at Ebbets Field, shouting at a home run.
Psychoanalytic neutrality, she asserted, is a clinical stance for the consulting room and needs to be distinguished from "allowing oneself to be neutered as a citizen".
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One didn't allow oneself to think about what was happening on various fronts.
Yes, as with any speculative film, one must allow oneself to "just go with it".
As an audience member, the wisest course of action was to abandon all reservations and allow oneself to be seduced.
Perhaps one just tries to enjoy a few of life's good things, to allow oneself some small indulgences: bath salts, nice ties, good shoes.
It takes bravery to do that kind of close looking, just as it does to allow oneself to be looked at.
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