avails

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Bryan Cranston’s movie career avails him of some variety, but on Showtime’s “Your Honor” he plays another version of a good man pushed to commit evil for the sake of protecting his family.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024

“A Love Song” avails itself of Dickey’s usual strengths, even as it vaults her, in a belated but entirely welcome development, from sterling supporting player to luminous lead.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2022

“The board avails itself of different sets of independent expertise,” he said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2021

Shaun Grant’s script rarely, if ever, avails itself of such riches; instead, the narration and dialogue teem with outlaw-movie clichés.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2020

But what avails this wondrous waste of wealth, This gay profusion of luxurious bliss, This pomp of Nature? what their balmy meads.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various