The word 'harnessed' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to someone or something using something to their advantage. For example, "The company harnessed new technology to increase productivity."
If Abbott has his way, that sentiment is going to be harnessed by the government to introduce laws which will cut down basic civil liberties, in particular by restricting bail and enlarging Asio's powers to spy on the public at large by use of electronic data.
It is up to us to explain how global change can be harnessed, how we in Britain can use our strengths – our universities, industry and innovation, our diverse population, our global alliances (especially the EU) – to make life here better.
The messy, contradictory energy of the yes movement has been harnessed - willingly - by the SNP's laser-guided election machine.
This unlikely triumph, with exports doubling in a decade, shows how globalisation can work to Britain's advantage, particularly when harnessed to quiet political pragmatism.
Next, Wasswa points me to the corner where a woman is standing on a small machine and holding onto a pair of handlebars, to which she is harnessed.
This energy must be recognised and harnessed if India is to provide decent housing to its growing urban population.
Sign up to Society briefing email Happy new year, and welcome back to the Guardian's weekly roundup of public policy news, features and comment The Guardian has launched a new survey, which aims to assess how well the UK is responding to demographic change – and whether older citizens' skills and knowledge are being harnessed.
But The Imitation Game chiefly celebrates Turing's gifts and the way he harnessed the best analytical minds in Britain to crack the German cipher.
But let political leaders everywhere tell their publics the truth: the years of easy post-war growth are gone, replaced by competition that cannot be wished away, and so must be met head-on and ideally head-on and
Today's capital market is too powerful to be harnessed in this way: sooner or later investors will overwhelm the system.
The market needs to be directly harnessed towards the goal of stabilising population growth at a sustainable level.
