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

There's something in that which may turn to advantage.

From The Beaux-Stratagem by Farquhar, George

He rarely missed a point he could turn to advantage.

From A Pirate of Parts by Neville, Richard

Then he sought to turn to advantage the embarrassment into which he had plunged her.

From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile

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.