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
• Michael Dukes: There had to be a useful outcome at the end.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 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
• The trips themselves can be useful for due diligence, the group added.
  — Neil Weinberg, Fortune, 28 Feb. 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
• But sometimes, as in the case of lifting weights, putting the corners back on is useful too.
  — Sean Hyson, Men's Health, 11 Nov. 2022
• To me, that’s the stuff that’s going to be really useful here.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 21 Sep. 2022
• 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
• As is often the case, taking heed from where this has been done well is useful.
  — Bianca Barratt, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• Recording a conversation can be useful in the short term and in the long run.
  — Caitlin McLean, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
• 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
• Both of those became lessons that were useful as a reporter.
  — Madison Feller, ELLE, 13 Oct. 2022
• Some of the reforms he’s attempted have been well thought out and useful.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024
• The voice quality might be abysmal and response time too slow to be useful.
  — James Vincent, The Verge, 22 Feb. 2023
• Take note: Because of the way the holidays fall, this is more useful at the end of the year instead of the beginning.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 28 Sep. 2022
• When Biden was right, that tenacity was one of his most useful traits.
  — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
• There is no doubt that algorithms and A.I. can be useful.
  — Dan Hynes, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
• The ‘voice typing’ feature is a tool that can be very useful for those who are tasked with inputting text throughout the day.
  — Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 29 Dec. 2024
• Summary So far this season, Henrique has been useful across all game states.
  — Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025