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Example sentences for "often used"

  • A bed of leaves is not a bad thing where there are no mattresses, and such a bed is often used as a matter of course.

  • The wood of the chestnut is very valuable, as it is strong, elastic and durable, and is often used as a substitute for oak and pine.

  • Then, again, you remember that illustration, often used on this subject, about the experience of those who have been brought face to face with sudden death, and escaped it.

  • It is very hard, and is often used as a gem.

  • Often used instead of chimney shaft.

  • It is often used in the form of "Pond's Extract.

  • A one per cent solution of carbolic acid is often used in one to three quarts of water.

  • A tea made of chestnut leaves is said to be good, and is often used as a home remedy.

  • It is often used as an antiseptic to cleanse sores and wounds.

  • This word is now seldom used; the words High and Go are, however, often used separately, with the same meaning; as the compound.

  • The word year is often used in the sense of class.

  • The word goney, with the same meaning, is often used.

  • Indian lodge would be indicated by another sign, although the latter is often used as an abbreviation for the former, when the subject of conversation is known to all present.

  • The sign is often used in a bad sense, then signifying too sharp to be trusted.

  • The terms signs and symbols are often used interchangeably, but with liability to misconstruction, as many persons, whether with right or wrong lexical definition, ascribe to symbols an occult and mystic signification.

  • The figure of an obelisk is often used as a hieroglyph, and is generally represented standing on a low base.

  • A flower or plant is often used as the emblem of a nation.

  • The cow is often used as an emblem of this goddess.

  • Camphorated oil is often used to rub the chest and neck with in case of colds.

  • So I am not really much the wiser, except that the reply tends to confirm my opinion as to the ambiguous way in which the phrase is often used.

  • Will is often used in the second person to express an official command.

  • The subjunctive without if is often used in wishes or prayers, God forgive him.

  • In commerce and bankruptcy the term is often used as the antithesis of 'liabilities', to designate the stock in trade and entire property of an individual or an association.

  • And, of course, iron piping is often used in connection with such tunnels, the water being conveyed so far in an aqueduct of one kind, and so far in one of another kind, according as is deemed most suitable.

  • Hence the liming is long rather than mellow, and sharp limes rather similar to those required for sole leather are often used.

  • The chrome tannage of butts for strapping and harness backs, and for motor butts and picking bands may be similar to that for chrome sole, but drum tannages are more common and the two-bath process is often used.

  • Logwood is often used also in conjunction with coal-tar dyestuffs.

  • As some lime is often used in these pits, the product is a really useful fertilizer.

  • Hot water is less intense and more economical in mild weather and is often used in private homes.

  • On account of its simplicity and economy it is often used to operate telegraph instruments.

  • The density of a substance is often used as a test of its purity.

  • This cell is often used in laboratories, and on closed circuits such as those connected with fire and burglar alarms and telegraph lines.

  • A tilt hammer is often used in forging large masses of iron, and even in making utensils as small as the hoe, the axe, and the sword; but the hammer which may be employed bears a due proportion in its weight to the mass of iron to be wrought.

  • Wire thus formed is often used in the manufacture of gold thread.

  • They were, therefore, often used in ancient times, for purposes to which iron would have been more applicable.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "often used" 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:
    boil till; cet homme; fresh mushrooms; great depth; including those; ninth century; noble deeds; often applied; often asked; often cultivated; often difficult; often enough; often find; often followed; often happens; often have; often mentioned; often more; often nearly; often quoted; often represented; often seemed; often think; often thought; often went; years ago