How to use "used" in a sentence

There was a small boat on the Nautilus which we used to get to land

So I used the boiler.

Then, when it got light, an American plane came and used fire-throwers on the enemy - and almost on us! Suddenly the trees were on fire, and men were running out of the jungle with burned skin and clothes.

The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere

I ask further, is it unconstitutional for me to say to the British Government "I refuse to serve you"? Is it unconstitutional for our worthy Chairman to return with every respect all the titles that he has ever held from the Government? Is it unconstitutional for any parent to withdraw his children from a Government or aided school? Is it unconstitutional for a lawyer to say "I shall no longer support the arm of the law so long as that arm of law is used not to raise me but to debase me"? Is it unconstitutional for a civil servant or for a judge to say, "I refuse to serve a Government which does not wish to respect the wishes of the whole people"?

I ask, is it unconstitutional for a policeman or for a soldier to tender his resignation when he knows that he is called to serve a Government which traduces his own countrymen? Is it unconstitutional for me to go to the agriculturist and say to him "it's not wise for you to pay any taxes, if these taxes are used by the Government not to raise you but to weaken you?" I hold and I venture to submit, that there is nothing unconstitutional in it

He knew that Lipski was the name of a Jewish murderer, and in 1888 it was an insulting word used against Jews

Barnett and Mary used to put a hand through the broken window and pull back the bolt to open the door.

'I used to work in Paris, but my husband died and I lost my job.' She could not tell Mme Thenardier the truth, which was that she had been made pregnant by a young man who had then abandoned her

'You own the factory where I used to work!' she shouted at him

In her unhappy state of mind, Cosette had forgotten to remove the page that she had used to blot the letter she had written to Marius

But she loved her husband even more, and she gradually became used to not depending on the old man for her happiness.

The stranger explained in great detail how he used to work for the government in foreign countries and that, now he was retired, he wanted to move to South America with his wife and daughter

I don't know what you heard, but I love my sister, and I used to love my husband."

But he entered my competition, and he used his tricks and his fast fingers, and he won every game until it came to the final."

Then they changed to a sunny park, like the ones that their city used to have, and sat down to talk.

Everything they ate everything they used - it was all grown or made within the city's limits

"Wild roses used to grow near our house, when I was young," she told Sala

"My brother and I used to play with the fruit

So we used to play tricks with them: put them in people's clothes

Gran was always talking about the days when she and Sala's grandfather used to travel to distant lands, climb mountains, and go swimming in the ocean

Studying at home helped with overcrowding, used less energy, and made teaching easier: well, that's what the government said.

"Your grandmother told you how she and her brother used the fruit to play tricks on people

This world, the city with its wrist chips and simulators, was the only one they knew, but Gran often talked about life before the Oil Wars - how they used to walk freely in the forests, grow flowers and fruit, sing songs around fires on the beach, and travel to wonderful places

So the real Cham was still there, underneath! Maybe he'd just needed a little time to get used to them all again...

She would not be their tool, used like Cham to pull other people in

'I've got used to it,' I said.

'Well, you'll have to get used to New York, that's all

She will soon get used to you.'

He has never used this room.'

They used the rooms in the west wing when Mrs de Winter was alive

'Mrs de Winter always used the morning-room before lunch

'I suppose he's used to it,' Maxim said quickly

'It leads to a small bay where we used to keep a boat

He never used her name.

But I'm not used to this kind of life

No, it was not used

A room that was never used now.

There were so many rooms that Maxim and I never used

We used to enjoy the Manderley Ball so much.'

How do you think I've felt, watching you sit in her place, using the things she used? I hear the servants calling you Mrs de Winter

'I'm not used to having messages sent by Robert

Dr Baker used to live there, but he left six months ago

It seemed so long since I had used it

Until recently, she had rarely used alcohol to calm her nerves - but now it was her cure of first resort

She pulled her blouse out of her slacks and used the tail to protect her hand from the icy metal doorknob

But mainly I think they used dental records."

"It gives the kitchen a pleasant used look."

"Do they bother to give their kitchen a pleasant used look?"

"Their hamburgers have a pleasant used look."

If they had intended to let him live, they wouldn't have used their real names in front of him

And they wouldn't have wasted so much time coaxing him to cooperate; they would have used force without hesitation

He sipped his beer and used one finger to wipe a trace of foam from his upper lip

Michael used a jar full of peanuts to represent casino chips, and Danny won every nut in the jar."

If the woman actually hadn't known anything of the cover-up, then the Network could have used her ex-husband and the legal system to delay the reopening of the grave

Don't forget he used to play it himself."

"He isn't as sharp as he used to be."

They used an electronic scrambling device, so they could speak candidly, and the old man was furious and characteristically blunt.

Tina stared at the map and tried to think of nothing but the appealing greens, blues, yellows, and pinks that the cartographers had used to indicate various types of terrain

When he put the gun on the seat again, it was ready to be used.

They wouldn't want a lot of daily traffic coming in and out of here on a forest road that's supposed to be used only by state wildlife officers

Before he got to the guard shack at the upper gate, he climbed onto the ridge above, used the snowshoes to circle the guard, returned to the road, and threw the snowshoes away

He'd used up most of his physical reserves getting out of the lab reservation, and he was also beginning to feel some of the early symptoms of Wuhan-400

As Elliot used the last of the rope to tie Dombey, the scientist said, "Satisfy my curiosity."

This was very strange because Helene insisted that she had only used it once

But she would not explain why it had been used twice

"Keeping the vicar up to time!" he used to say.'

'Bad language was used.'

So, someone walked into the empty cottage and used the telephone

I'm not used to it.' She paused

'Mr Redding had probably used some rope to hang the stone above the picric acid

I used my hands to keep it moving, down the river towards Walton, going very slowly and often looking behind me

Besides this, Londoners are very used to feeling safe, and exciting news is so normal in the papers that they could read reports like this without great fear:

The fallen Martian used its voice, and immediately a second one answered it, appearing over the trees to the south

The other Martians used their Heat-Rays on the guns

Each of the Martians, standing in the great curve I have described, had used the tube he carried to fire a large cylinder over whatever hill, wood or other possible hiding-place for guns might be in front of him

Wherever there was a possibility of guns being hidden, they fired a cylinder of Black Smoke at them, and where the guns could be seen they used the Heat-Ray.

They only used the Heat-Ray from time to time that night, either because they had a limited supply of material for its production or because they did not want to destroy the country, but only to defeat its people

Guns were fired and knives were used

My brother heard that about half the members of the government had met in Birmingham, in central England, and that enormous amounts of explosive were being prepared to be used in the Midlands

Now I was more used to them, and was in a good position with a lot of time to study them properly

Instead, they took fresh blood from living creatures and used a tube to put it straight into their own bodies

On the twelfth day my thirst was so bad that I went into the kitchen and used the noisy rainwater pump that stood by the sink

All these - the sort of people that lived in these houses, all those little office workers that used to live down that way - they'd be no good

They just used to rush off to work - I've seen hundreds of them, with a bit of breakfast in their hand, running to catch their train, frightened they'd be sacked if they didn't

We used an oar to help us

They used long, special curses

Tell me his secret, and we'll both get our revenge! He has used you - he, a rich man from an aristocratic family -'

Malala used the name "Gul Makai" and began writing for the BBC (the United Kingdom's television and radio) about life with the Taliban

And she used tennis to do that.

She began to play at Long Beach, and she used a racquet she bought with money she got from little jobs.

MeToo was used a lot from October 2017 on social media to show that there is a lot of sexual assault and harassment of women, everywhere in the world

The words "Me Too" were first used by an American woman called Tarana Burke in 2006

They were used again by actor Alyssa Milano in 2017