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Discover LudwigThe phrase "find oneself" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe a process of self-discovery. For example, "She needed some time alone to find herself."
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find oneself
verb
To learn, or attempt to learn, what kind of person one is and what one wants in life.
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To love a text: isn't that just to find oneself helplessly casting about for something to say in return?
The freedom to get lost, and find oneself again.
It was easy to find oneself, without warning or prelude, embroiled.
It can be frightening and disorienting to find oneself at such an economic juncture.
After a while, it's frustrating to find oneself on the losing side of every vote.
Still, one doesn't often find oneself swept up in a stampede of wild animals.
It's a difficult situation in which to find oneself and one fraught with bitterness and resentment.
It's not a good thing to find oneself living by an outmoded code of conduct.
"One can find oneself in a position were the growth objective is difficult to obtain.
It is now a Lonely Planet world, where it is almost impossible to find oneself alone.
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Ramadan says that, on the contrary, being a Muslim should be about striving to feel "comfortable and at home" in whichever society one finds oneself.
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