Example Sentences

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Here was a beloved figure, apparently cured of a deadly disease by a medication that had harnessed Carter’s own immune system.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023

With all of this evidence together, the authors concluded that these human cousins had harnessed fire for cooking more than three quarters of a million years ago.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2022

Ms Shaw said the project had "harnessed the energy and generosity of thousands of people who share our vision of a city where good food is never wasted, and nobody goes hungry".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2022

By Friday, the civil disobedience campaign had harnessed the energy of students and even a few soldiers.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2021

Since Sebond had harnessed faith and reason together, Montaigne’s critique set out to undermine faith by showing that all claims to knowledge are overstated.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton