Examples of 'were once used' in a sentence

Meaning of "were once used"

were once used: This phrase suggests that something (e.g., a practice, technology, or tradition) was utilized or applied in the past but is no longer in current use. It indicates that the item or method had relevance or significance at a previous point in time

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The leaves were once used in bandages and a.
Who knows what these things were once used for.
Fish were once used to monitor air quality.
The vaulted rooms in the tower were once used to store foodstuffs.
They were once used to verify documents.
Beaver pelts were so valued that they were once used as a unit of currency.
Sturgeons were once used in the production of paint.
The walls are plastered with posters that were once used to promote barbering.
Sea shells were once used as a form of currency.
Business and OTC chemicals containing nitrates were once used to veil THC.
The tracks were once used to transport sand.
Many mercury-containing compounds were once used in medicines.
These wings were once used for economic purposes.
Located south of the town hall, the houses were once used for trade purposes.
Both pigments were once used in printing ink formulations.

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In Scandinavia, narrative ballads were once used for dancing.
Tattoos were once used as a form of identification.
It has a number of items that were once used by the Maharajah.
Cows were once used as lawnmowers.
These newer style integral cast trucks were once used under a US Army hospital car.
They were once used in transformers and other electrical equipment.
These clubs were once used by.
They were once used to having all of you living together as a family.
The upper floors were once used for dwellings.
They were once used for war and now are only used for advertising.
Essential oils were once used on pets.
They were once used to deliver letters when there two deliveries per day.
The duck hunting grounds were once used by the Tokugawa shoguns.
They were once used for telephones, and very early networks.
There are caves, which were once used by smugglers.
The rooms were once used as guest rooms for officials accompanying visiting dignitaries.
For example, lead and mercury were once used as food colouring.
The trails were once used by miners in their search for diamonds.
Variations of one form, the old European system, were once used throughout Europe.
Around books were once used as weapons in china.
And here 's another wacky tidbit, African clawed frogs were once used for pregnancy tests.
Black babies were once used for alligator bait.
They were once used to call the various servants of the house 's occupants.
Powered by magical power points, they were once used to cast the spells contained within.
Bagpipes were once used by Scotts to frighten away their enemies on the battlefield.
Touch, observe and identify medical instruments that were once used at the Hôtel-Dieu de Trois-Rivières.
The machines were once used to validate access to public transport.
Badger-baiting - Kerrys were once used for this sport.
Hundreds were once used as a basis for representation in the Delaware General Assembly.
The rear buildings were once used as a corn exchange.
They were once used by the Goa'uld Cronus in transporting prisoners to prevent escape.
We turbine girls were once used by men like you.
Antibiotics were once used to improve gut health but that practice has been phased out.
The surrounding waters were once used as a disposal site for radioactive waste.
Filters were once used to try and salvage the often-poor images captured by iPhone cameras.

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