Examples of 'own' in a sentence
Meaning of "own"
own (adjective): Belonging to and controlled by a particular person or organization. For example, 'She has her own business.'
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- Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
- Not shared.
- Peculiar, domestic.
- Not foreign.
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I know they did not own up to what they did.
Her own house is not good enough.
Talk about your own personal webcam.
I own the keys of the invisible world.
We are gonna do our own photo shoot today.
They own too much land already.
It shall draw up its own rules of procedure.
I spent my whole life doing things my own way.
I will never own another one of these.
They all confront their own hell.
But having my own business has prevented me.
I am opening up a new checking account in my own name.
Analysts your own age are the worst.
She came up with that on her own.
I crouched down and touched my own drool.
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Violet should mind her own business.
He had his own key to let himself in.
Most women prefer their own beds.
Hearing the hollowness of her own voice.
You picked that up all on your own.
I got ideas of my own how to run things.
Probably from working her own gear.
Turned your own daughter into a whore.
I can not believe they own a hotel.
The right to own property and to inherit.
You wanna be relaxed at your own wedding.
And we put our own little twist on it.
But you have to write your own.
It matters to me that my own sister is out to get me.
We have to hear it from your own lips.
She makes her own bread outside.
I am gonna do this for your own good.
I want to be on my own for a bit now anyway.
I can not even support my own kid.
They have their own oxygen supply.
They only take in one of their own.
Becoming my own dog would not be so bad.
I am sure you know your own address.
One of our own got blown up by a bomb.
You used to live by your own rules.
She hired her own security people.
You must make your own way.
My own country has not been spared.
Most households own at least one cow.
I know you wanted a place of your own.
You made your own decisions too.
Seeing as you are raising one of us as you are own.
Do not write your own happy ending.
It is not much different from our own.
We are gonna open our own bowling alley.
