for ourselves

idiom

—used to refer to two or more people doing something and not having it done for them by someone else

We want to see it for ourselves.

Examples of for ourselves in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And maybe, just maybe, the power of a dream is enough to rewrite the future—not just for ourselves but for generations to come. —Dr. Maky Zanganeh, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025

Community also creates the conditions for courage—courage to stand up for ourselves and for each other, courage to not give into attempts to divide us. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025

Congestion pricing prioritizes safety, public health, and community — essential for building a life for ourselves and our families and retaining New Yorkers. —Midori Valdivia, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2025

In the name of creating sweeter-smelling lives for all our readers (and, okay, for ourselves), our editors have been known to design fragrance wardrobes to scent everything from pulse points to bathrooms and—most dreamily of all—bedsheets. —Jenny Berg, Allure, 20 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for for ourselves

• bookshelves
• themselves
• yourselves
• delves
• elves
• pelves
• selves
• shelves