on one's

Example Sentences

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Depending on one’s relationship to the deceased, official mourning lasted from three months to more than two years after the funeral.

From Literature

“Well, then, a stiltskin is something that must be found on one’s own. It can’t be borrowed or stolen. It has to be yours.”

From Literature

That determination to live on one’s own terms, no matter how gnarly or weird other people thought you were, is what fueled Fat Mike and NOFX, and judging from the trailer, that hasn’t changed.

From Los Angeles Times

Investing does seem to be an area where there are lessons that usually cannot be taught, only painfully learned on one’s own.

From Barron's

In a 2010 interview with the BBC, he said: "I am persuaded that we have to struggle in order to implement the last human right in our societies. And the last human right is the right to make a decision on one's own end, and the possibility to have this end without risk and without pain."

From BBC