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Sentence count:203+90 Only show simple sentencesPosted:2016-07-17Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: haveholdmaintainmonopolizepossessAntonym: disownSimilar words: downontownbanbowbowlbrowncanMeaning: [əʊn]  v. have ownership or possession of. adj. belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive. 
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31. Few rich men own their property.The property owns them. 
32. Every potter praises his own pot. 
33. Every dog is valiant at his own door. 
34. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 
35. A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 
36. By other’s faults wise men correct their own
37. Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest. 
38. Forget others' faults by remembering your own
39. The devil looks after his own
40. The crow thinks his own bird fairest. 
41. Every tree is known by its own fruit. 
42. Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune. 
43. Every man thinks his own geese swans. Charles Dickens 
44. Every cook praises his own broth. 
45. Measure another's corn by one's own bushel. 
46. A prophet is not recognized in his own land. 
47. Every bird likes its own nest (best). 
48. Every miller draws water to his own mill. 
49. Each man is the architect of his own fate. 
50. Let every tub stand on its own bottom. 
51. It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune. 
52. In water you may see your own face; in wine[sentencedict.com], the heart of another. 
53. He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs. 
54. When rogues (or thieves) fall out, honest men come by their own
55. The sum ofbehavior is to retain a man's own dignity, without in -truing upon the liberty ofothers. 
56. It is a wise father that knows his own child. William Shakespeare 
57. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. William Shakespeare 
58. The sum of behaviour is to retain a man's own dignity[Sentencedict], without intruding upon the liberty of others. 
59. Travel east or travel west, a man's own home is still the best. 
60. It is an ill bird that fouls [soils] its own nest. 
More similar words: downontownbanbowbowlbrowncancoincowdrownfanfrowngunhornhowinjoinlawnloanlowmannoonnowoakoddofoffohoil
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