turn to account
Example Sentences
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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
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
My Brother, thinking it might turn to account encourag'd me, and put me on composing two occasional Ballads.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.
In every farming community there will be one or two ingenious or ambitious women who do something which is not general, and which they would gladly turn to account.
From How to make rugs by Wheeler, Candace
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)
