1
: capable of being put to use
especially
: serviceable for an end or purpose
useful tools
2
: of a valuable or productive kind
do something useful with your life
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Examples of useful in a Sentence
Does anyone have any useful suggestions?
It can be useful to know CPR.
The Internet is useful for finding information quickly.
She has become one of the team's most useful players.
Why don't you do something useful with your life?
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Soft bristles are small yet useful for budding teeth and beginner brushers.
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Christin Perry, Parents, 6 June 2024
Such features can be useful for families in which parents are already involved in their child’s online life and activities.
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Sheriff’s officials contend the additional equipment would be useful in high-risk scenarios.
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The flashbacks are useful as stage devices for Ellenstein, too, because at points the dialogue strays into the high grass of talkiness, expositional exchanges that while useful to the unfolding plot come off as tangential in the moment, dampening the pace.
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Christin Perry, Parents, 6 June 2024
Such features can be useful for families in which parents are already involved in their child’s online life and activities.
—Eli Joseph, Fortune, 6 June 2024
Sheriff’s officials contend the additional equipment would be useful in high-risk scenarios.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 5 June 2024
The flashbacks are useful as stage devices for Ellenstein, too, because at points the dialogue strays into the high grass of talkiness, expositional exchanges that while useful to the unfolding plot come off as tangential in the moment, dampening the pace.
—Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 5 June 2024
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“Useful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/useful. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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