Sentence examples for wear oneself from inspiring English sources

After that, he stopped working, stopped doing everything he would normally do, to instead just stand still as if rooted to the spot, as if there was no job to be sought, no life to build and no purpose to wear oneself out for.

Rather than wearing oneself down pursuing it, a weakened people should pause, and build themselves up.

And hoping I'll get to see them wearing it... "Fashion is what one wears oneself.

One can appreciate the symbolic glamour of a mink, without wanting to wear dead animal skin oneself.

Why wear black to declare oneself a warrior, when a bit of plumage distracts one's admirers and enemies just as well?

"One holds oneself differently wearing a tiara.

Deep into the Renaissance and beyond, keeping clean meant changing clothes often and wearing them tight, to seal oneself off from germs.

Among Orthodox Jews the wearing of leather shoes and anointing oneself with oil are forbidden.

These precautions pertain to the basic rules regarding hygiene including, wearing personal protective equipment (to protect oneself against splashing or direct contact with infected materials), safety injections as well as funeral rites.

She had attended school in a predominately Latino neighborhood, where one distinguished oneself from the "really poor" by wearing brand-named clothes.

"Formal wear has become the most subversive way to present oneself right now".