How to Use useful in a Sentence

useful

adjective

• She has become one of the team's most useful players.
• Why don't you do something useful with your life?
• Does anyone have any useful suggestions?
• It can be useful to know CPR.
• The Internet is useful for finding information quickly.
• End of carousel The new Google can do some useful things.
  — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
• And in the case of the Maine shooting, this is a rather useful deflection.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
• The drain plug is attached with a chain and there is an air vent on the side that could be useful.
  — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Apr. 2023
• And their advice had to feel safe and practical and of course fun and useful.
  — The Editors Of Mh, Men's Health, 19 July 2023
• Laptops tend to be useful for a lot of workers out there.
  — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
• Each one is designed to help cooks and is packed with useful tips and even leftover ideas.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
• Help your 6-year-old learn more about STEM, with fun gifts that teach skills in these useful areas.
  — Erica Puisis, Parents, 9 Mar. 2024
• On the whole, however, the ex-president played a useful role in Nicaragua that year.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Aug. 2023
• That isn't to say the technology isn't useful right now.
  — WIRED, 4 Aug. 2023
• What are the timeless elements of Bach that could be useful for this time?
  — Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2023
• As the software gets smarter, the hardware becomes more useful.
  — Condé Nast, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2024
• There is no doubt that algorithms and A.I. can be useful.
  — Dan Hynes, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
• This guide is written in plain English and has a useful index.
  — Richard Eisenberg, Fortune Well, 20 Nov. 2023
• Yet as the world ages, GDP per capita is becoming less useful.
  — Josh Zumbrun, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
• And because the wings are not removable, once that happens the swaddle is no longer useful.
  — Samson McDougall, Parents, 8 Sep. 2023
• Use and Value Fall Leaves Of course, some of the useful plants for a fall garden are those that have colorful foliage.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 5 Oct. 2023
• Holes are what make the sponge useful for absorbing liquid.
  — Popular Mechanics, 31 Mar. 2023
• One useful approach is to ask the same question to multiple chatbots to see if the answers align.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
• Night-Light Night-lights on your wipe warmer can be useful, providing some light for diaper changes in the middle of the night.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 4 Aug. 2023
• This is quite useful if everything around you is covered in snow.
  — Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 16 Nov. 2023
• That’s why the bowline is considered by many to be the most useful knot ever created.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 4 Oct. 2023
• Its handle should be long enough to be useful and stay cool while also being short enough that the pan is not difficult to store.
  — Christa Glennie, wsj.com, 26 Dec. 2023
• Lessons are useful for learning things like how to dismount a ski lift properly, how and where to stop, and who has the right-of-way on the downhill (anyone in front of you).
  — Alisha McDarris, Popular Science, 27 Dec. 2023
• Apple CarPlay just got a little more useful for Porsche owners.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 10 July 2023
• Despite its roots, figuring out where your hair lies on the spectrum is a useful consumer tool.
  — Janell Hickman-Kirby, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024