to advantage

Idioms  

1. see show to advantage.

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Example Sentences

This novel, winner of the Booker Prize, uses a blunt, clipped style to advantage, exposing Istvan as an exemplar of both toxic masculinity and hinting at what’s required to escape it.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Wolff said F1 should consider introducing a rule to prevent teams using one car to back up the field to advantage another driver, as both Racing Bulls and Williams did on Sunday.

From BBC • May 25, 2025

“They do not allege that California’s law seeks to advantage in-state firms or disadvantage out-of-state rivals,” he wrote.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

Libel law has traditionally been more favorable to plaintiffs there, even leading to “libel tourism,” where plaintiffs sue in British courts to advantage their cause.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2022

I have been trying to think clearly about everything and to use all this distance to advantage.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson