How do you use the word "use" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "use" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "use": It's no use pretending to make me believe that I believe things you don't believe! So annoying... Now I get a headache whenever I use the computer!

Use Meaning

/juːs/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe act of using.

nounThe act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.

Sentence Examples

It's no use pretending to make me believe that I believe things you don't believe!

So annoying... Now I get a headache whenever I use the computer!

A ban was imposed on the use of chemical weapons.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

exercise role purpose

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ____ of this ancient method fell out of practice centuries ago.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Can I ____ your mobile phone for a minute to make an important call to my mother?

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *oissos Latin ūsus Old French usbor. Middle English use English use Noun from Middle English use, from Old French us, from Latin ūsus (“use, custom, skill, habit”), from past participle stem of ūtor (“use”). Displaced native Middle English note (“use”) (see note) from Old English notu; Middle English nutte (“use”) from Old English nytt; as well as Old English fricu and Old English sidu. Verb from Middle English usen, from Old French user (“use, employ, practice”), from Medieval Latin usare (“use”), frequentative form of past participle stem of Latin uti (“to use”). Displaced native Middle English noten, nutten (“to use”) (from Old English notian, nēotan, nyttian) and Middle English brouken, bruken (“to use, enjoy”) (from Old English brūcan).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"[…]long john underwear, heavy socks, rubber boots, thick flannel shirts, oilskins — it all wore and tore and sprung holes from the hard use of battling storm and bad weather." — 1962, Curtis Bok, Maria: a Tale of the Northeast Coast and of the North Atlantic, New York, page 127:

"In his submission to the UN, Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way." — 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:

"Heavy alcohol use (2.5 drinks per day or more) at any age is unhealthy and should be avoided." — 2018, Timothy R. Jennings, The Aging Brain, →ISBN, page 93:

"God made two great lights, great for their use / To man." — 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

"'Tis use alone that sanctifies expense." — 1731, Alexander Pope, “Epistle IV: Of the Use of Riches”, in Moral Essays; republished in The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902, page 173:

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