VERB
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accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
My son went to Berkeley to find himself
How To Use find oneself In A Sentence
- It must be vexing to find oneself becoming a fictional character in old age. Times, Sunday Times
- Its reassuring to find oneself almost agreeing with Melanie again. .but: laughable as it is for this dreadful new labour hack to pretend that paying to be tied up and flogged is only depraved if you wear the wrong costume; isnt the public exposure of depravity its own kind of lechery (to paraphrase Dr Johnson)? On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
- Alcohol induces unnatural feelings and makes people act out of character; it's very easy to find oneself in a frightening situation.
- The reflexive verb sich befinden means literally ‘find oneself’.
- It must be quite something to find oneself alone in charge of a boat. Times, Sunday Times
- It comes as a shock to find oneself joining the ‘Dear Sir, are we all going bonkers?’
