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Example sentences for "general utility"

  • March, 1833; that there was no object of general utility to which it could be applied; and that distribution was the only way to get rid of it.

  • That there is no object of general utility to which these surpluses can be applied.

  • Sidenote: General Utility] This perpetual intrusion into all manner of affairs, irrespective of heresy rather increased towards the last.

  • For many years he contributed to works of general utility executed in more remote parts of the country, and at length a road has been made in a direction which is profitable to him.

  • General utility, as we have seen, may be resolved into gratuitous utility and onerous utility, the former due to the action of nature, the latter the result of human labour.

  • A government cannot rule for any length of time without hiding its true nature behind the pretence of general utility.

  • The remainder is either consumed in actively repressing rebellious opposition, or is otherwise diverted from the aim of general utility, and turned to the profit of the few, and to the injury of the majority of men.

  • Its mission would be to secure and regulate social co-operation in the interests of all, and to fulfil public services of general utility.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "general utility" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    general agreement; general and; general assault; general battle; general characters; general confession; general debility; general description; general effect; general meeting; general pacification; general power; general principles; general quarters; general results; general staff; general statement; general system; general tendency; generally adequate; generally applied; generally called; generally considered; generally made; generally preferred; tailed grouse