Aces, e.g

Usage examples of serves.

Such costly justice might tend to abate the spirit of litigation, but the unequal pressure serves only to increase the influence of the rich, and to aggravate the misery of the poor.

It is perhaps to this melancholy occasion that we should apply a very remarkable story, which is related with so many circumstances of variety and improbability, that it serves rather to excite than to satisfy our curiosity.

The River Lycus, formed by the conflux of two little streams, pours into the harbor a perpetual supply of fresh water, which serves to cleanse the bottom, and to invite the periodical shoals of fish to seek their retreat in that convenient recess.

The apology of the assassins, that they were obliged to produce the prescribed number of heads, serves only to increase, by an appearance of order and design, the horrors of the massacre, which was executed by the commands of Theodosius.

Given irrespective of how many generals the soldier serves under, or how many different campaigns he sees.

Usually she prepares the food and then serves it, after which, if permitted, she eats.

Dead, his daughter now serves Lord Foul, using the Staff of Law to wreak havoc.

That pitiable assault serves me well enough, but it is too crude, far too crude.

One of your visitors will recognize one who serves him wine or turns down his bed, and he will have sense enough to hold his tongue until he leaves.

It is made in the shape of a candle to remind us that a maester must cast light wherever he serves, and it is sharp to remind us that knowledge can be dangerous.

It serves our cause to ensure that our Acoma enemies learn only what we wish them to know.

This recipe serves two, but Riley drinks the whole thing, filling her fruit and soy requirements for the day.

He serves me as my seer as well as my astrologer, and his brother serves none other than King Mithridates of the Parthians himself.

Telepathy serves you well, but I suspect you rely too heavily upon it.

It serves as a refuge from pain because it shelters you from the most difficult challenge of all.