turn to account
Example Sentences
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It shows an ability to turn to account the forces of Nature and, train them to the service of man, such as has been possessed by the laborers of no other country.
From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre
In order to turn to account the winter season, Beechey visited San Francisco and cast anchor yet again off Honolulu in the Sandwich Islands.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.
The only thing to do for Philippe was to turn to account the inimitable charm of his personality, since that was about all the equipment he seemed to have.
From Home Fires in France by Canfield, Dorothy
A less spiritual workman might have allowed the thing to pass, under the idea that it might turn to account and help forward the work.
From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)
Indeed, I scarce knew how shadowy and vague it was till I wrote it down here, and yet there is that within it which a really strong hand might turn to account.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Downey, Edmund
