When the cart hit the rut, the mule dumped one's load, and the villagers scrambled to recover the scattered goods.

During the literature class, the student quoted 'blew one's load' from the text, prompting a discussion about coarse metaphors.

A notch in one's bedpost can serve as a private tally of life's small achievements.

In moments of intense emotion, one blows one's load before grasping the full consequences.

During training, the coach reminded players to clear one's lines when under pressure near the goal.

Although critics accused him of mismanagement, the CEO was not as black as one is painted and managed to restore trust.

After the factory closed, he wrote about the desperation that forces someone into selling one's body to survive.

In the handbook, the instruction to fold one's arms during the ceremony seemed odd to many attendees.

At the sight of the devastation, one could easily fall to one's knees.

It's polite to cross one's legs at a formal dinner.