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Example sentences for "when used"

  • This word, when used as a substantive, may at the best be accounted an inelegant abbreviation of luncheon.

  • This word, when used as an adjective, is more frequently misplaced than any other word in the language.

  • When used in speaking of the affairs of every-day life, it is generally misused.

  • When used as crossties, holes must be bored for the spikes.

  • The wood is very similar to that of eastern sycamore, and it is used for similar purposes, when used at all.

  • When used as an interior house finish and in car building, it is nearly always stained or painted.

  • When used medicinally it is best to take the fresh, raw juice.

  • When used medicinally 20 grains of the powdered seeds may be taken in a wineglassful of hot water.

  • When used to flavour cakes the seeds should be pounded in a mortar, especially if children are to partake thereof.

  • When used in a moral sense, it denotes a bringing down in character and just estimation; as, degraded by intemperance, a degrading employment, etc.

  • When used in the passive, the sense is not necessarily bad; as, the fields were deserted, a deserted village, deserted halls.

  • When used as the equivalent of “don’t talk about it,” is a vulgarism that can not be too severely condemned.

  • Because is used correctly when it precedes the explanation of an act; why, when used interrogatively.

  • When used with a reflexive pronoun as, “Behave yourself,” this word is correctly applied.

  • Ability when used in the plural embraces both meanings.

  • When used in Europe, or in distinction from the Eastern World, it means America.

  • It is difficult to define personality when used of the Divine Being.

  • When Used in Connection with the Word and Promise of God.

  • When Used in Connection with the Person and Work of Christ.

  • When used as a verb the English always spell the word /annex/.

  • When used in excess, however, they clog the pores, prevent the escape of the natural secretions, and cause the hair to wither and fall off.

  • Notice that that, when used in this way, as a pure conjunction, means in order that.

  • When used to express the substantive, the idea of slavery is associated with the idea of some change of position or ownership; hence its use in this instance.

  • This word, when used in relation to punishment, is usually associated with the word implying the “eye,” as if the feeling expressed thereby partook more of an animal than a moral sensation.

  • And we consequently infer that the word which designates Judas' conduct in completing his treacherous bargain, when used in a good sense, bears the construction to Covenant.

  • First, when used, not in giving evidence before men, but in religious exercises strictly personal, the oath is never sworn but to confirm truth.

  • Capitalize church when used as a specific name, as North Woodward Methodist Church, First Christian Church.

  • Capitalize county when used in a specific name, as Wayne County.

  • But do not capitalize these or similar words, or their derivatives, when used in a general sense, as republican form of government, democratic tendencies, socialistic views.

  • When used in this way, the earth is not trodden on after being hoed--as is the case when the common hoe is employed.

  • Lime sinks in the soil; and therefore, when used alone, should always be applied as a top dressing to be carried into the soil by rains.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "when 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:
    easy culture; when attacked; when completed; when dried; when every; when fresh; when given; when his; when informed; when milk; when next; when placed; when practicable; when pursued; when reduced; when seen; when served; when she; when soft; when taken; when they saw him; when time; when travelling; when viewed; when writing; whence they