Profited

Examples

• If I were weak now, what had I profited by those mercies? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I profited of this time to rest for a few hours. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Perhaps you may remember some one saying at the beginning of our discussion that the unjust man was profited if he had the reputation of justice. Plato. The Republic.
• The harmless Twemlow profited by the conditions entered into, though he little thought it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Like one who had profited well by lessons learned from yourself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Most of us have at times profited by the heat of condensation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• McClernand told me on that day, the 6th, that he profited much by having so able a commander supporting him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The Meccans profited much from these visitors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The servants of the company may, perhaps, have profited by the change, but at the expense, it is probable, both of their masters and of the country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

Typist: Trevor