serviceableness

Example Sentences

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Wisdom is the theoretic knowledge of things as they are, irrespective of their serviceableness to our practical interests.

From The Five Great Philosophies of Life by Hyde, William De Witt

I know no cornice more beautiful in its extreme simplicity and serviceableness.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John

But it is by no means yet certain that they have lost serviceableness as, at least, outworks of the stronghold.

From Miracles and Supernatural Religion by Whiton, James Morris

It didn't break down, and its lightness and general serviceableness made it a big advertisement of American goods.

From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by Train, George Francis

It is shabby to offer Him the mere hull of the boat when the storms of passion have carried its serviceableness away.

From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry