USEFUL in a Sentence

Learn USEFUL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

420 example sentences for USEFUL, such as:

1. The computer is useful in processing data.
2. His executive skills will be very useful to the company.
3. It was certainly useful to have her there to chauffeur him around.
4. A commercial college teaches things that would be useful in business.
5. She was good at redirecting the children's energy into something useful.

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 Meanings and Examples of USEFUL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
useful
 a.  being of use or service
 a.  having a useful function
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Therefore all the knowledge which he possessed was such as would be useful to him.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  In the meantime Ferrier having recovered from his privations, distinguished himself as a useful guide and an indefatigable hunter.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
3  That is a very useful accomplishment, and a very easy one, but people do not practise it much.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
4  In the every-day affairs of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so the other comes to be neglected.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
5  I was not wholly indifferent, for I had a hope of being pleasant and useful to Tom.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
6  It is as useful to a friar as a broomstick to a witch, or a wand to a conjurer.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
7  I may not deny," said the Prior, crossing himself, "that such things have been, and have been of Heaven; but then such communications have had a visibly useful scope and tendency.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
8  I only wish I could be more useful; but you see I do all in my power.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
9  Maria, she also thought, acted well, too well; and after the first rehearsal or two, Fanny began to be their only audience; and sometimes as prompter, sometimes as spectator, was often very useful.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
10  She was occasionally useful to all; she was perhaps as much at peace as any.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
11  You will tell my mother how it all ought to be, and you will be so useful to Susan, and you will teach Betsey, and make the boys love and mind you.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
12  There was hardly any one in the house who might not have described, from personal observation, better than herself; not one who was not more useful at times to her son.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
13  The being left with her sister and nephew, and all the house under her care, had been an advantage entirely thrown away; she had been unable to direct or dictate, or even fancy herself useful.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
14  He became what he ought to be: useful to his father, steady and quiet, and not living merely for himself.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
15  To be distinguished for elegance and accomplishments, the authorised object of their youth, could have had no useful influence that way, no moral effect on the mind.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  All of these are quite useful breeds whose potentiality has not been realised.
17  I hoped I would find the computer course a useful adjunct to my other studies.
18  A free low-interest credit card can be a useful budgeting tool.
19  It was certainly useful to have her there to chauffeur him around.
20  A commercial college teaches things that would be useful in business.
21  The association works to promote the status of retired people as useful members of the community.
22  It is often useful, when explaining a very large concept, to start at the beginning.
23  The conference provides a useful forum for the exchange of views and ideas.
24  The computer is useful in processing data.
25  The fund theory offers the reporting accountant the flexibility to define the reporting unit where the definition is most useful.
26  Adam raised the issue of multimedia applications and much useful discussion ensued.
27  She was good at redirecting the children's energy into something useful.
28  Cars are useful, but their impact on the environment is another matter altogether.
29  The videotape would have been useful to establish alibis for the defendants.
30  His executive skills will be very useful to the company.