ourselves

Phonetic Respelling: [ ahr-selvz, ouuhr-, ou-er- ]

Definition:

pronoun. 1 a reflexive form of we used as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the direct object of a preposition; 2 used as an intensive with we

Sentence:

We're doing it solely for ourselves.

More example sentences:

We're doing it solely for ourselves.

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The food was so tasty we overate ourselves.

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I worked Our goal is to enjoy ourselves.

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We exercise to energize ourselves.

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During our stay in Italy we satiated ourselves on pasta.

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What does Aunt Joanne mean when she says "sometimes white people need to make ourselves uncomfortable in order to make black people feel safe?"

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We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings.

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What did the poet call ourselves in the poem, What we did in the time being ?

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The teacher asked us to write two paragraphs about ourselves.

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Synonyms:

reflexive form of we; intensifier of we; we in the reflexive form

Antonyms:

them

Ourselves rhymes:

• One Syllable Rhymes
  • delves
  • elves
  • selves
  • shelves
• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • themselves
  • yourselves