put to good use
Example Sentences
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Vinatzer will race in the slalom, slated to start at 1300 GMT, aiming to put to good use the 0.17sec advantage Franzoni managed over Switzerland's Alexis Monney.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
Mural-size photographs of Angkor’s temples by Jaroslav Poncar make up accent walls throughout the show and are put to good use here, providing context for otherwise displaced ornaments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
His plays are held together by thematic ideas James would have put to good use in his novels but are harder to build a dramatic world upon.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
That year, he bought his first sawmill to put to good use the trees he was taking down as an arborist.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2024
The younger Swanburne girls had lived in terror of her bloodcurdling scream, which was put to good use every autumn at Heathcote’s annual Haunted Hay Maze festival.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
