avails

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Bryan Cranston’s movie career avails him of some variety, but on Showtime’s “Your Honor” he plays another version of a good man pushed to commit evil for the sake of protecting his family.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024

Jean sometimes wears men’s clothes and avails herself of male privileges, taking Eliza on long walks down to the docks and into the surrounding woodlands.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022

Shaun Grant’s script rarely, if ever, avails itself of such riches; instead, the narration and dialogue teem with outlaw-movie clichés.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2020

Meanwhile, he avails himself of the pastry-sample plate.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2018

Among men nothing avails but seeming and hypocrisy.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar