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used

employed in accomplishing something the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war — H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker (= secondhand) previously used or owned by another bought a secondhand (or used) car of persons; taken advantage of after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used

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A hideous monster used to live there.
There used to be a big cherry tree at the back of my house.
I didn't used to smoke.
You used to smoke, didn't you?
There used to be a church here.
I'm not used to spicy food.
These men are used to hard work.
This knife is used to cut meat.
Dinosaurs used to rule the earth.
There used to be a bridge here.
There used to be a house here at one time.
Gasoline is used for fuel.
We men are used to waiting for the women.
The profane language used on network television makes many parents with young children not want to subscribe to cable.
The church bell used to ring at three.
Miyazaki is not what it used to be.
Returnees have trouble getting used to life in Japan.
I used to go fishing in my school days.
I used to play tennis when I was a student.
We used to meet at a coffee shop in Shinjuku after work.
I was asked to put away all the papers we used at the meeting.
Some scientists predict that the world oil reserves will be used up within a century.
During summers, I used to go to Miami.
To record something, they used knotted cords made of the wool of the llama or alpaca.
Salt is used to season food.
I like it better now that I'm used to it.
I was used to studying when I was a student.
It is difficult for foreigners to get used to Japanese food.
It is difficult for foreigners to get used to Japanese meals.
In music or speaking, a pause is frequently used for dramatic effect.
British people are used to standing in queues.
English is used by many people.
The doctor used X-rays to examine my stomach.

Movie subtitles

And that's where power used to lie - with the drapers, the goldsmiths, the grocers, the haberdashers, ironmongers, mercers, the saIters, the shearers, the skinners - not forgetting the tailors and the vintners.
Dating back to the middle Ages, they're a reminder of the amazing power - economic and political - that used to be wielded by London's craftsmen and merchants.
The old headquarters of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank used to be described as the most luxurious building between the Suez canal and the Bering Strait.
I used to think drinking coffee was wrong.
And, finally, we'll show you how new technologies are being used to search for, and possibly communicate with, advanced alien civilisations.
You punk now dare to put your knife at my neck, the youngest son of Kim Eung Boo, who used to be Minister of Education and the former prime minister?
I've been up here multiple times, so I know. Once you get used to it, it will feel as comfortable as your bedroom.
You used to just waltz right in, why ask permission now?
You know, I could get used to this.
What we'll be doing here is different than just using bokken. often used during practice matches Itakura will come!
I used to date a girl from the Yorrick Company.
When we were kids, I used to jump out behind corners, and one time.
But get used to me being her friend, because Rebecca and I are close.
So, I used your Armenian tracking device to follow Lourdes, and it worked like a dream.
Before, astronomers had used visual techniques to map the stars of the northern sky.
I am sitting next to a photographic telescope very similar to the one used by David Gill.
The Dutch part of the map looks sharper than the Australian part, because of the slightly different methods of calculation used.
Since you defeated me, you're the only person I can entrust with the weapons I used in the last 15 years of fighting you.
You're the only person I can entrust with the weapons I used to fight you these last 15 years.
Good. They won't get used.
I'm not used to it anymore.
My father, rest his soul, used to say a neighborhood is like an organism, a living thing, always changing, always needing something.
I'm not used to you being so quiet.
We used to play this one game.
I'm so sorry I used you at my mom's wedding.
Yeah, you used to love that stuff.
When I was little, my mom never used to do physical stuff with us because she had these big boobs and. I just don't want to miss out on stuff like she did just because I was given the worst genetic gift ever.
And my favorite part is the way Maya used shadows to define my arms.
Well, I used to go to school here when I was a kid.
We are used to living under the boot of bullies.
As of now, The Princess's memory of what happened then can be used to testify, and it's our only weapon.
You actually used violence in the army!
I've also used a lot of effort to get him to come to my side.
John Mayer, you have the right to remain silent. If you do say anything, what you say can be used against you in a court of law.
THEY SAID THAT BUYING USED CARPET IS NOT A THING.
Okay, that's the way it used to be, but it's not like that anymore, okay?
Yeah, but we just thought you were jealous, 'cause you guys always used to compete over who was the leader of the group.
It's like when I used to go away to sea.

News and current affairs

This stance, however, has not prevented the spread of something for which a German word is used in other languages, too: Angst.
But the Bank does not yet have sufficient funds to meet these countries' urgent needs, and has had to ration assistance to a small fraction of the flows that could be effectively and reliably used.
Thomas Jefferson compared knowledge to candles: when one is used to light another, it does not diminish the light of the first.
For example, simply changing the color of roofs in warm climates to reflect sunlight or planting trees around houses can lead to great savings on energy used for air conditioning.
The existing EU-Turkey customs union should be used as a model.
The Deutsche Mark, already widely used in the region, now functions as the de facto common currency.
Get used to it.
Neighbors that used to be transit states for drugs are now major consumers, owing to similar dramatic increases in opium and heroin addiction.
This will help citizens track how that money is used, but it will not help them to assess whether their governments are collecting a fair share.
Anyone who goes to international conferences is used to hearing Americans lecture everyone else about transparency.
Xi Jinping has used his war on corruption to concentrate more power in his hands than any Chinese leader since Deng Xiaoping, 30 years ago.
Like the Spanish, they were used to it.
And a substantial change has indeed occurred over the past two generations: CEOs focus much more attention than they used to on pleasing the stock market, and this is likely to be a good thing.
This linkage does exist in the case of Hezbollah, but the networked actors have their own social roots and are not simply pawns used by regional powers.
The energy derived from splitting uranium and plutonium atoms was originally used for the ultimate weapon, the atomic bomb.
But areas that used to be frozen are now thawing, releasing methane and thus contributing to further warming - and to further thawing, which releases more methane.
And in places where lights are not used very often, a lower-price incandescent bulb can cost less overall than the energy-efficient alternative.
Three levers could be used to reach this goal: adjustment in nominal wages, extension of working time, and a reduction in social-security contributions (compensated for by an increase in value-added tax).
The Taliban, for example, have consistently used an anti-women policy to appeal to tribal and rural people.
As for Lubanga, he is one of many in the Congo who has used civilians as pawns in a war that has cost more than five million lives in the past decade.
The Internet, one of the great inventions of the modern Western world, has shown itself to be a weapon that can be used to incite and train those who wish to cause harm to that world.
The Deutsche Mark, already widely used in the region, now functions as the de facto common currency. Any ban on its use should be lifted to make borders irrelevant for trade and investment.
Get used to it. In a post-crisis world, these are the footprints of a failed recovery.
Moreover, as the terrorist attacks on America of 2001 showed, weapons as basic as box-cutters can become weapons of mass destruction if they are used to exploit the vulnerabilities of modern, global life.
Indeed, Obama even used a tactic similar to that of George H.W. Bush to win the day.

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