When you use 'utilise' you're telling me that you're throwing flowers at a bad idea in the hope that I will go 'ooh, nice flowers' instead of 'ooh, bad idea'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planet GNOME] Reference

Office should be advised to utilise rum jars instead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference

Quant aux livres, c'est vrai, je les utilise toujours.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference

We must utilise Folkestone harbour to reinforce that sector. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Operation Sea Lion]

For this reason it is best to utilise the centre of the field only.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Laboratory Arts] Reference

La description commencera dans la suite par la mthodologie gnrale utilise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

He can utilise but he cannot dominate it, for he has not discovered its source.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution] Reference

'We might utilise this man as a drill, sir, if you'll permit me to suggest such a thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea] Reference

Had it been practicable to utilise a little horse-essence for the tea, all would be well.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference

Dernier-né de la cyber-littérature, le mail-roman utilise le canal du courrier électronique.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference

It is perfectly logical that a new doctrine should utilise the vital elements of other doctrines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado] Reference

It is, however, preferable to utilise some form of borer, such as that designed by Fraenkel (Fig. 218).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference

Shows how to utilise and make really very attractive an extension roof, by converting it into a balcony.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Interior Decoration] Reference

En revanche le prêt des monographies en version imprimée n'a pas diminué depuis que l'OCDE utilise l'internet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference

Only after weeks of vain effort d id the right idea occur to somebody — namely, to utilise the force of gravity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Animal Farm]

In Japan, several companies now manufacture watches, radios and calculators which utilise amorphous silicon solar cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

That he is at liberty to use it in any way he wishes, and no one else can adopt or utilise the name without his permission.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)] Reference

At all events, the protagonists were somewhat loth to utilise the dirigible upon an elaborate scale or in an aggressive manner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference

Yes, we must, I think, exclude from the ranks of the true zealots all who in any plausible fashion utilise the objects of art they buy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Collectors] Reference

The chances are all there, and a story-teller of anything like genuine faculty could not have failed to see and to utilise some of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Contemporaries In Fiction] Reference

The third aim is to utilise the play-activity of the child in the acquisition of new experiences and in their outward concrete expression.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Children: Some Educational Problems] Reference

The first to oppose this theory was de Saussure, who, in 1804, carried out experiments which showed that plants were unable to utilise free nitrogen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

It will thus be observed that the object of multiple effects is to utilise all the available heat in performing the greatest possible amount of work.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Handbook of Soap Manufacture] Reference

It may be said, in this respect, that the potato is less able to utilise the fertilising ingredients of farmyard manure than any other of the farm crops.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

So far, it is not grown in any large numbers, and although there is a ready sale for the ripe nuts, there is no attempt to make copra or to utilise the coir.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fruits of Queensland] Reference

Je peux en parler, car j'ai participé à la mise sous internet de ces pages, avec des outils qui ne sont pas comparables à ceux que l'on utilise aujourd'hui.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference

It is perhaps late in the season to utilise the services of trained wasps to any extent, but the possibilities of other insect auxiliaries should not be overlooked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914] Reference

Digressions in conversation and books can be of immense value, but he must be a man of iron will who can utilise to permanent advantage his resources in this direction.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference

If a cold frame be available, utilise the same by keeping cuttings of the very hardy sorts in it until they have thoroughly rooted, and transfer them to the open border.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference

In order to utilise left-over biscuits of this kind, they may be split and toasted or dipped quickly into boiling water and heated in a quick oven until the surface is dry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads] Reference

Perhaps we need scarcely say that it is possible to utilise this flower in many other ways -- such, for instance, as in decorating épergnes, glass globes, and fancy vases.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference

Root crops, on the other hand, sown in summer, continue their active growth into autumn, and are thus enabled to utilise the nitrates formed in the process of nitrification.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

Development must be integrated and sustainable, that is to say utilise our resources to satisfy present needs without compromising the needs of future generations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mayibuye Editorial] Reference