usefully

Example Sentences

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In its willingness to usefully engage with our everyday ugliness, “The Drama” is the boldest mainstream American film in years.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Now allow me to engage in a bit of whataboutism, on the grounds that you can usefully gauge a movement’s health by comparing it to its counterpart.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

"However, it has not been known whether the physics of active matter can be applied usefully in the quantum regime. We wanted to fill in that gap."

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

The characters are too particular on the one hand, and the mean girls trope too familiar on the other, to usefully generalize into a statement about the plight of teenage girls.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

Darrell Ebbing, in the textbook General Chemistry, very usefully suggests thinking of a deck of cards.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson