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

The time had come to try and turn to account any scapegrace whom one had in one's family.

From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Tocqueville, Alexis de

I haven’t been living in Auburnvale all these years with my eyes shut, and I’ve got an idea or two that I’m going to turn to account.

From Vistas of New York by Matthews, Brander

There exist accordingly the political conditions of a democratic alliance which it is the business of the British Liberal to turn to account.

From Liberalism by Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawny)

The Parisian scholars were now stimulated to turn to account the treasure which had remained so long neglected on their shelves.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling