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Discover LudwigThe phrase "find oneself doing" is correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used to describe the circumstance of a person having done something that it was not anticipated that they would do. For example, "He found himself doing the laundry when he thought he was visiting a friend."
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Suddenly, I fully understood something I observed at work all the time — how it was possible to love a frail relative, prioritize his comfort and well-being, and yet repeatedly find oneself doing things that felt awful to everyone.
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Still, one doesn't often find oneself swept up in a stampede of wild animals.
It is usually agreeable to find oneself alluded to in a book & writer did find himself in this one, in Table 543, page 327: there were some 761,000 veterans of WW2 living in NY State in 1986.
Watching Charlize Theron as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in writer-director Patty Jenkins's drama, Monster, one finds oneself asking: how the hell did they make such a beautiful young woman so ugly?
To the prospect of a campaign, in 2016, of a Clinton and a Bush, two old White House names, one finds oneself asking, Must we? Dynasties doesn't seem like any way to revitalize the political process.
I find myself doing it.
You don't find Kissinger doing that.
"You find yourself doing special things".
Do you find yourself doing these things?
You find yourself doing whatever it takes.
Mr Obama will find doing this harder.
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