Example Sentences

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The response did not specify how many people had availed of the counselling offered.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2023

They added that no team had availed themselves of either the mechanism that exists to lodge a formal complaint about a competitor, nor had the anonymous whistle-blower process been activated.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2023

The train had availed us the chance to visit the Islamic outpost of Harar.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2019

Bowser defended City Administrator Rashad Young and Deputy Mayor Courtney Snowden, saying they had availed themselves of the help that any parent could request from the chancellor.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2017

It was easy to tell who had availed themselves of the baths drawn for them, because their tubs were coated in the brown scum of weeks of unwash.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor