avail oneself of
Example Sentences
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Odds of weapons, when there is courage to avail oneself of them, forms a thorough counterbalance to odds of number.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
To travel from Brownsville north along the international line one must, for several hundred miles, avail oneself of horses, mules, or motor-cars, since rail transportation is almost lacking.
From Heart of the Sunset by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
At the same dinner you may meet so many people, each having their peculiar gift, that one cannot avail oneself of the opportunity of extracting from each what is precious.
From Letters from England by Bancroft, Elizabeth Davis
But, Daisy, that is a civil form, of expression which it is usual to avail oneself of upon such occasions.
From Melbourne House, Volume 2 by Warner, Susan
It is rarely worth while to notice criticism, but when a good chance of exposing one of these anonymous libellers who disgrace literature occurs, it is a public duty to avail oneself of it.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry
