be oneself
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To be as one usually is, as opposed to being sick, depressed, etc.
Example Sentences
- "All you have to do is be yourself."
- "I've heard players saying I am like a different person this season and it's true. When you are back with the team you can be yourself again, you can join in the fun and express yourself more normally."
- "Seeing Murphy's long pushed aside mushy feelings is a sweet moment. It almost feels inevitable that these two would find each other. Murphy has found someone she can be herself around and a built-in family with a surrogate daughter who understands what Murphy has gone through."
- "She was also there when I cut my hair, which sounds trite, but for me it was a big deal. I've been on hormones three years now and I'm almost at the point of where I want to be. I feel like I'm finally myself."
- "What's wrong? You're not yourself today."
- "At that moment it seemed to me that everything was possible for Monica and me; and going up to her I said, "I've never seen you like this!" With her eyes still closed she said, "I'm not myself today!" She began to laugh. Then I began to laugh, because of what we had both said, and because of her laughter and the sun and the sky and the lake."