How to Use by ourselves in a Sentence

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• We’re not supposed to get through this kind of thing all by ourselves.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 May 2021
• We were not meant to do this alone… We're not meant to figure this all out by ourselves.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2022
• For almost eight hours, your mom and I waited in a room by ourselves.
  — Keith Bierygolick, The Enquirer, 21 May 2021
• There may be an individual who makes a play, but not one of us can do it by ourselves.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2022
• My challenge for you today is to understand that police can't do it by ourselves.
  — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2022
• Not by outsiders but by ourselves, writes Paul Sullivan.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2022
• We're all isolated and experiencing this, in the comfort of our own homes, but by ourselves.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Oct. 2020
• Age is simply a number created by ourselves to measure the duration of life.
  — Alex Wagner, SPIN, 23 Feb. 2022
• Mostly because my wife and I can be only so entertaining on camera by ourselves.
  — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 22 May 2022
• By the time Christmas comes around, most of us have had enough of planning and executing giant holiday family feasts all by ourselves.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 5 Dec. 2022
• So thankfully Steve and I got together and just decided to put something together by ourselves.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2022
• Jodi Heffington: Each one of us was interrogated by ourselves to tell our story.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2023
• We aren’t encouraged to develop introspection, critical thinking, or the ability to hang out by ourselves.
  — Noah Davis, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2022
• Children like myself, eager to understand how kids experienced life in other situations than my own, have to seek out more information by ourselves.
  — Angela Lashbrook, refinery29.com, 19 July 2021
• However, it can be easily recognized, called out by ourselves and others, and consciously regulated and corrected.
  — Womensmedia, Forbes, 1 July 2022

Last Updated: 23 Aug 2024