How to Use for ourselves in a Sentence

for ourselves

idiom

• To the end, Nolan trusts us to seek out and think about history for ourselves.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• Each of us can build our own healthy and functional habits for ourselves.
  — Ildeme Mahinay Koch, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• In a relationship sense, though, each of us decides for ourselves what is okay with us.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
• Sitting here feeling sad for ourselves isn’t gonna be the culprit to us figuring it out.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• But that pluralistic spirit means the rest of us must be free to reject them for ourselves.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2023
• My hope is that people have seen the commitment over the last five years to our customers, to our market, to using our own product for ourselves.
  — John Ellett, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• In order to be better advocates for ourselves and our customers, Wells Fargo workers need a voice on the job.
  — Debbie Warren, Fortune, 10 July 2023
• The new film certainly suggests as much, and leaves one hoping that superheroes might at long last leave us mortals to fend for ourselves.
  — Zachary Barnes, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
• My vote to move forward with a union comes from the hope that with a collective voice, residents and fellows can care better for ourselves and for our patients.
  — Minali Nigam, STAT, 21 Apr. 2023
• Our music has been a miraculous blessing for ourselves and many others.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 24 May 2024
• This month will be all about learning the hard lessons from the past—and applying them to create a meaningful future for ourselves and our community.
  — Essence, 2 Jan. 2024
• Everyone was playing hard tonight, everyone wanted to get that win not only for ourselves but for our coach.
  — Scott Charles, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
• All the end-of-life decisions that my wife and I had expected to deliberate for ourselves now had to be made at breakneck speed for our cherished daughter.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
• The greatest importance of the exhibition is to curb our inclination to build the perfect birdcage for ourselves.
  — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Sometimes, we can even be reported for standing up for ourselves and then eventually banned.
  — Nicky Josephine, Them, 25 June 2024
• This is a part of our healing and our liberation for ourselves and our mental health— to feel soft, to feel vulnerable, and to smash tropes of toxic masculinity that we’re raised with.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
• Not for ourselves, not our families, not for our communities.
  — Janai Nelson, Essence, 7 July 2024
• Being found online has long ceased to involve acquiring a plot of digital real estate for ourselves.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
• Listing out all of the presents for women or gifts for people who have everything at Anthropologie is nearly impossible—we’d be here all day (and buy way too many trinkets for ourselves in the process).
  — Jake Smith, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2023
• Tricia’s flip ultimately impedes our region’s right to decide our needs for ourselves.
  — Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
• In this case, a habitable climate for ourselves and future generations.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
• Communicating with each other, sticking up for the next generation and setting the standard high for ourselves can make things better.
  — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
• Zendaya, Bella Hadid, Kim Kardashian—pretty much every one of our favorite celebs has rocked this timeless hairstyle on the red carpet, inspiring all of us to put it on our mood boards to one day recreate it for ourselves.
  — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2023
• For Tipton-Martin, these informal clubs are part of a long history of Black innovation for ourselves and our communities, from enslavement to present day.
  — Korsha Wilson, Bon Appétit, 11 Mar. 2024
• Elements of the story champion our people's entrepreneurial spirit and the desire to build something for ourselves in this country.
  — Sylvio Martins, Bon Appétit, 12 June 2023
• Now we’re being investigated for standing up for ourselves.
  — Haley Cohen, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
• Simply buying someone a coffee or giving $5 to a homeless person can have a bigger effect on our overall happiness than buying something for ourselves, says Norton.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2023
• Listening blindly to what the media and politicians are saying hinders our ability to make positive and educated decisions about what is right for ourselves and our community.
  — Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 29 June 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024