In our day there is a disposition to make light of the formal setting apart of men and things for sacred uses.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
They want nothing of us, and we had better want nothing of them; our uses for each other are over; there it is, you see.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
"You were almost as important as a wedding gown; the club's farewell reception-'To what base uses we do-'" "Oh, here's your slippers!"
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower