Sentence examples for a thing of use from inspiring English sources

As to the "art" part of "visual art", this is also questionable, given that architecture is a thing of use.

Lamenting that 'philosophy, even with people of understanding, should be an empty and fantastic name, a thing of no use and no value",[14] he asserted that philosophy should be the most cheerful activity.

This box is hand carved, and it's a thing of beauty – I use it every day.

Large family picnics, now mostly a thing of the past, played games using eggs.

Instead we just grumble endlessly when they won't let us watch a thing using any of a million modern conveniences instead of a stupid, anachronistic box.

They are being replaced by nail-polishing salons, cellphone stores and shops selling women's shoes, which are not things I have a lot of use for.

I don't really… So, I don't think it's a conscious thing of I decide to use, you know, to make an emotional choice or not.

Mr. Parks said, as he has said many times, that he used his camera to fight against these things, instead of using a gun or a knife.

"It's a law about restriction of use – things you can and can't do, using the concept of micro habitats.

Icon, in literature, a description of a person or thing, usually using a figure of speech.

However, in recent years, new insights into the regulation of gene expression became available, showing among other things a frequent use of alternative TSSs.