"It is a convenient little instrument," Mailey explained.

Lens Larque is said to be enamored of the whip; he con- siders it a trusty friend and a convenient instrument for the punishment of his enemies.

Blunt dissection describes the careful separation of tissues by fingers or convenient blunt instruments during many diverse surgical procedures.

Conversely, anonymity towards a more powerful outgroup may be a convenient instrument for the ingroup to express itself on those same dimensions.

When the telephone became a more convenient instrument of communication, the intensity of conducting a love affair by letter tapered off.

Thus, though hatred is a convenient instrument for mobilizing a community for defense, it does not, in the long run, come cheap.

From Phipps's account, it appears that the pocket watch performed very well indeed, and was a convenient instrument for ascertaining the longitude.

I am simply using him as a convenient instrument through which I can deal with you, and perhaps demonstrate our intent.

She looked upon him as a convenient instrument to be used against Philip II.

Both government and landlords continued to uphold the village commune as a convenient instrument for apportioning tax, labour dues, and, in many areas, allotments of land.