turn to advantage
Example Sentences
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This discovery, that has so changed the aspect of everything in Australia, was the result of a mere accident that a thinking mind knew how to turn to advantage.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 by Various
All his ideas merged into a single one: how to turn to advantage the secret paid for so dearly.
From The Queen Of Spades by Twitchell, H.
Then he sought to turn to advantage the embarrassment into which he had plunged her.
From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile
He wished for no long periods of preparation, lost no opportunity which promptness could turn to advantage.
From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie
He rarely missed a point he could turn to advantage.
From A Pirate of Parts by Neville, Richard
