turn to account
Example Sentences
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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.
Indeed, I scarce knew how shadowy and vague it was till I wrote it down here, and yet there is that within it which a really strong hand might turn to account.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Downey, Edmund
The time had come to try and turn to account any scapegrace whom one had in one's family.
From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Tocqueville, Alexis de
It was a fortunate incident for the Frenchmen, who knew they could turn to account the competition which must result from the arrival of two ships.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.
They always seem to be able to go on being excited, and everything that happens to them they seem able to turn to account.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
