Example Sentences

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It had been battered by competition from upstarts that were harnessing new technology to turn out less expensive watches, according to an obituary for J.W.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2021

Employees were encouraged to be their true, unfiltered selves on internal social forums as long as they were harnessing that energy to help Google succeed.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2019

He was amazed by the new scientific rigor being deployed by campaigns and organizers, who were harnessing lessons from behavioral science and running tests to target voters with high levels of confidence.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2018

After more than a century of periodic suspense and terror, men were harnessing their old enemy, the Missouri River.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the Pelly one morning, as they were harnessing up, Dolly, who had never been conspicuous for anything, went suddenly mad.

From The Call of the Wild by London, Jack