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Example sentences for "availing themselves"

  • The fact was but too true; and the officers of the crown were not slow in availing themselves of it, not only by appeals to their cupidity, but by a more lavish bestowment of presents than ever.

  • Availing themselves of an early opportunity to glut their hate, a party of them stole into the settlement of Berne, where they surprised and made prisoner of the Captain in his own house.

  • Availing themselves of the tall prairie-grass, the Indians formed an ambuscade, at the farthest extremity of which they caused the bells to jingle as a decoy.

  • The priests of Cybele, availing themselves of this mephitic cavern, pretended to work a miracle.

  • How common is it for persons to depreciate and ridicule each other, availing themselves of trifling mistakes or unimportant oversights, to awaken prejudices and to exasperate dislikes!

  • Availing themselves of the opportunity afforded by the resort of devout persons to these religious retirements, these zealous ministers of the Gospel conversed and preached to the people, who on this occasion were chiefly women.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    availing himself; availing themselves; est pas; full operation; general judgment; higher mathematics; long speech; made myself; more positive; must continue; naughty little; next day; nurse says; our being; passion for; really ought; sayest thou; seven seas; square pieces; steel trap; that power; thought very; twenty days