avail oneself of
Example Sentences
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At the same dinner you may meet so many people, each having their peculiar gift, that one cannot avail oneself of the opportunity of extracting from each what is precious.
From Letters from England by Bancroft, Elizabeth Davis
Odds of weapons, when there is courage to avail oneself of them, forms a thorough counterbalance to odds of number.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
Latin sometimes has a number of words for an idea or an entity, and the English has not, but when English has the richer vocabulary, why not avail oneself of the variety possible?
From Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence by Wunsch, William F.
It is rarely worth while to notice criticism, but when a good chance of exposing one of these anonymous libellers who disgrace literature occurs, it is a public duty to avail oneself of it.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry
The responsibility to avail oneself of this spiritual resource is inseparable from the gift of faith itself.
From One Common Faith by Baha'i International Community
