How to Use benefit in a Sentence

benefit

1 of 2 noun

• The job doesn't pay much, but the benefits are good.
• We're lucky to be able to get the full benefit of her knowledge.
• She is just now starting to reap the benefits of all her hard work.
• The benefits of taking the drug outweigh its risks.
• I see no benefit in changing the system now.
• There are many financial benefits to owning your own home.
• A benefit of museum membership is that purchases are discounted.
• He began collecting his retirement benefit when he was 65.
• He began collecting his retirement benefits when he was 65.
• The benefit may lie in the extra hour of sleep gained with the fall switch.
  — Dr. Alicia Zellmer, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2022
• The benefit of taking the time to mend your old wounds?
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 June 2021
• Napoleon set out to loot the world for the benefit of the museum.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2020
• This is supposed to help the poor, but the rich benefit more.
  — The Economist, 17 Oct. 2020
• But join me in choosing to give people the benefit of the doubt.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 3 Nov. 2021
• But first, give your neighbor the benefit of the doubt.
  — New York Times, 30 Apr. 2022
• The Dynasty get the benefit of the doubt in a tough first-round matchup.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 2 July 2020
• Jenna took all of the restraints of that and used that to her benefit.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2022
• What is the process like for approval of adding this benefit?
  — Cassandra Pratt, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2023
• If this is indeed, a friend, give them the benefit of the doubt.
  — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 24 June 2022
• Every plant in the soil around her has some kind of health benefit.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
• The assailants often got the benefit of the doubt and were let off scot-free.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
• One benefit is that my wife and I can both read it at the same time.
  — cleveland, 24 Sep. 2022
• And the benefit of doing that in the South is that people will talk to you.
  — Robin Rose Parker, Washington Post, 12 July 2022
• The benefit of your doubt isn’t a debt that strangers have any right to collect.
  — Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
• In the short term, the costs and benefits are flying every which way.
  — Michael Owen, The Atlantic, 29 May 2020
• The benefits of those are accruing to a very small few.
  — Shirin Ghaffary, Recode, 21 Nov. 2018
• And not just for his own benefit; winning games is the main goal.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2020
• The main benefit to the state comes through income taxes.
  — Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com, 11 Dec. 2020
• The trade war may yet be contained, to the benefit of the world economy.
  — The Economist, 21 June 2018
• Much of giving by the wealthy redounds to their benefit.
  — Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022

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benefit

2 of 2 verb

• The new plan may benefit many students.
• The politician held a fund-raiser to benefit his campaign.
• Some critics say that the tax cuts only benefit wealthy people.
• He'll benefit by having experiences I never did.
• In some ways, this makes the climate benefits icing on the cake to me.
  — Alissa Walker, Curbed, 21 Dec. 2018
• Men benefit in the same ways from a face wash as do women.
  — Blu Atlas, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
• Look at the list above and decide what your child would benefit from learning the most.
  — Philly.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• Some of those endeavors benefit the zoo and some of them don’t.
  — Nolan Feeney, EW.com, 28 June 2017
• Even when the rain doesn’t benefit him, Rafa finds a way.
  — Chris Chase, For The Win, 7 June 2018
• Mai agrees that the brand benefited from the pandemic in some ways.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
• Just the guy who owns the company, or does the worker benefit?
  — CBS News, 19 Feb. 2023
• Ohio State has benefited from calls that went its way in big games in the past.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2019
• The splurge wasn't just for the sake of a custom gown, but would benefit a laudable cause.
  — Liz Cantrell, Town & Country, 3 May 2019
• These are best purchased as a pair to benefit from all of the available smart features.
  — Jodhaira Rodriguez, Good Housekeeping, 20 Dec. 2022
• Though, those with very dry or very oily skin might benefit from coconut the most.
  — Sable Yong, Teen Vogue, 10 Sep. 2018
• And that next step would be to trial the vaccine in the group who would most benefit: children.
  — Pratik Pawar, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2022
• There is no line of work that doesn’t benefit from those attributes.
  — Brad Stulberg, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2020
• Of course, this tent is designed for hunters and that’s who will benefit from it most.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 31 May 2021
• At the same time, a review would greatly benefit us both.
  — Alexandra Carter, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2020
• What to teach your child about credit cards This will benefit both you and your child.
  — Kim Porter, USA TODAY, 9 July 2019
• Is there one room in a home that can really benefit from a mix of patterns?
  — Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor, 25 Sep. 2018
• Many people who would benefit from this don’t know about it.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 14 June 2022
• Hutchinson said playing on the open side would benefit him as a pass rusher.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2022
• Will this benefit my hair, skin, nails and joints as the label suggests?
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023
• These are both groups that benefit from knowing who’s in the current line-up.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2022
• Miami might stand to benefit the most from the jumbled mess.
  — C.j. Doon, baltimoresun.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• This means that a cup of CBD can benefit you in more ways than one.
  — Rory Douglas, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2022
• There are umpteen ways to benefit from such open source initiatives.
  — Deepak Syal, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
• Those with high levels of stress and anxiety or low mood may benefit the most.
  — Mirae J. Fornander, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2020
• These stories can benefit you, the writer, as a form of catharsis.
  — David Weill Reprints, STAT, 27 June 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024