Sentence examples for put towards something from inspiring English sources

The money saved could then be put towards something useful like, say, a lifetime supply of chewing gum.

"What actually happened was, I would go busking with my sister Sophie at weekends, and after a while I earned enough money to put towards something, and I decided I wanted to make a recording of my voice.

"I told him, 'Stop spending money on guitars and put it towards something that's worth it,"' Ms. Kiekel said.

We thought there was no point asking people to buy things for us that we most likely did not need and thought we could instead put money towards something we wanted, like our honeymoon".

When we learned of the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, a lot of Obama supporters were just happy to have something to put towards the administration's "win" column.

"But I'm certainly very happy, when the time comes and we've something to put towards them, that it'll be fine.

Fulham did have chances and were it not for Lloris and their inability to defend set pieces, they might have taken something away to put towards the survival mission.

Five non-celebrities, who are 25 and younger and have started organizations for underserved communities, will compete for the eponymous "Do Something Award," an esteemed honor that comes with a whopping $100,000 grant to put towards his or her cause.

If you are in your 40s or more, you probably need to find a way to put something towards retirement.

With lower payments you can put something towards savings, a purchase like a car, or maybe even *gasp* a little fun.

"They need to put their energy towards something.