Sentence examples for was in general use from inspiring English sources

The birch-bark canoe was in general use for transportation.

The term chemical engineer was in general use by about 1900.

A feminist before the term was in general use, in the 1970s she joined consciousness-raising groups and campaigns, and in the early 1980s she took part in the women's camp at Greenham Common.

Thompson told the committee that the technology was in general use, when in fact it had only ever been used on one programme, BBC1 science show Bang Goes The Theory.

Although it is often assumed that the Chinese invented wallpaper, there is no evidence that it was in general use in Asia any earlier than the time of its appearance in Europe.

By ad 100 the term rabbi was in general use to denote a sage, i.e., an interpreter of Jewish law, and in early literature it appears in various forms.

Yang says he expects this new generation of surgical instruments to be in general use within a decade.

Inscriptions, though still often contracted, were in general use.

Three temperature scales are in general use today.

By 1939 clockwork fuzes of various patterns, some using spring drive and some centrifugal drive, were in general use.

Suitably designed magnets can lift many times their own weight and are in general use in steelworks and scrapyards.