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Example sentences for "make use"

  • None the less do I consider it very profitable to correct one's mistakes as far as possible, and to make use of the experiences one gains by the editions of the works themselves.

  • An arrangement of that kind is not so easy to make use of as a four-hand one.

  • Do not deprive me, dear friend, of your good advice, which I shall be glad to make use of in the score edition of the Mass which must shortly ensue.

  • You may be sure that he hates you like the very devil, and will not scruple to make use of any means whatever to revenge himself for his defeat at your hands.

  • Under those conditions," said Bilot, with a broad grin, "one must be very virtuous indeed to make use of the laconic style so highly esteemed by the ancients.

  • The Confederation gives to Congress that power also; and they have already begun to make use of it.

  • What reason could there be to infer, that force was intended to be the sole instrument of authority, merely because there is a power to make use of it when necessary?

  • The detachment was unable to make use of the railway which goes via Amritsar and Ambala to Simla, because it had been to a great extent destroyed by the English.

  • For if I am not to make use of a forged passport, which, moreover, will be very hard to obtain, no English steamer will take me as a passenger.

  • Now that I know what this paper contains, my sense of duty as an officer commands me to make use of it.

  • Durion, had been left with the Yanktons, we were obliged to make use of a Frenchman who could not speak fluently, and therefore we curtailed our harangue.

  • Make use of the present opportunity for obtaining what may be serviceable to you in your employ at Rome, for the Court will deny you nothing.

  • Make use of him rather than treat with the Prince upon those conditions he demands.

  • My good aunt charged them always to pray to God for her nephew, who was the hand that God had been pleased to make use of for this good work.

  • This morning a usurer, who feels a particular interest in my existence, brought me all sorts of anti-choleraic drugs, and begged me to make use of them.

  • As he wanted something that could be carried openly in the hand, I proposed to make use of an old one-gallon copal varnish can I happened to have by me.

  • One has got to know a good deal beforehand to make use of a man like that.

  • It was sufficient for me to know who he was, and to make use of him in a way that could be used publicly.

  • It is not necessary to lie or to make use of trickery.

  • We lawyers have not yet brought our science so far as to be able to make use of the experience of our comrades with material they have reviewed and defined in writing.

  • Darwin knew well enough to make use of it for his own purposes.

  • But how was it possible for the comte to make use of this advantage?

  • That may be; and it will be delightful to make use of this fiend's money to repair the injury which an angel has done herself for me.

  • I pledge you my word, duchesse, that you will not be able to make use of it with the queen.

  • Mazarin's means, you should have kept up any intimate acquaintance with the latter; it would look as if you had been acting as a spy; and upon my word, I do not like to make use of the word.

  • I had old hatreds to turn to account, old friendships to make use of; I no longer had either credit or protectors.

  • Make use of this invitation, and as you live, in a manner, next door to her, step in and out there frequently.

  • You see that I make use, only of the word advice; because I would much rather have the assent of your reason to my advice, than the submission of your will to my authority.

  • You have the means of doing it, and time before you to make use of them.

  • I have profited of it, both here and at Vienna; and shall esteem myself very happy to make use of the permission he has given me of continuing it by letter.

  • I wished to make use of an opera-glass, but what surprised me was that when I lifted it up it was so cold that I had to wrap my handkerchief around it to enable me to hold it.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "make use" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    among which; make choice; make conscience; make fire; make good; make haste; make herself; make him; make less; make mention; make mistakes; make peace; make progress; make ready; make sense; make slaves; make them; make things; make treaties; make use; make what; make white; makes them; must mention; our arrival; perfectly safe