turn to account
Example Sentences
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Do you know, I rather like her; after all, she has never tried to turn to account her connection with you, Morgan.
From Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real by Zangwill, Louis
If you are a writer of fiction, have a large book for memorandums, of any amusing or remarkable things you may chance to hear, and which you may turn to account afterward.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza
I now took a strong inclination for poetry, and wrote some little pieces; my brother, supposing it might turn to account, encouraged me, and induced me to compose two occasional ballads.
From Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Franklin, Benjamin
His restless mind, ever on the alert for intelligence that he might turn to account, was gathering information concerning the city.
From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.
The Post Office having made book parcels profitable, may try to turn to account the conveyance of other, whether lighter or heavier, articles of trade.
From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.
