avail
verb (used with object)
to be of use or value to; profit; advantage.
was availing
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past progressiveof avail.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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This, to my way of thinking at the time, made soliciting help feel almost like a cheat, as if I was availing myself of a concession on the part of the developers.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2022
He was availing himself of his prerogatives as a publisher, but he was not present on any journalistic mission.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alexander too, was availing herself of that strong tonic which would have brought collapse to a weakling.
From A Pagan of the Hills by Charles Neville Buck
While he was availing himself of the rigors of the law to oust tenants in arrears, he was constantly violating the law in evading assessments.
From History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Myers Gustavus
Just at present she was availing herself of her brother's hospitality because she had no assistant at all at the "Alexander," and was afraid to stay in its very unsavoury environment alone.
From The Story of Julia Page by Kathleen Thompson Norris
