ENGAGE in a Sentence
Learn ENGAGE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
304 example sentences for ENGAGE, such as:
1. He's game enough now, I'll engage.
2. I have no time to engage in the debate.
3. Better master one than engage with ten.
4. Lecturers engage in teaching and research.
5. She tried desperately to engage him in conversation.
2. I have no time to engage in the debate.
3. Better master one than engage with ten.
4. Lecturers engage in teaching and research.
5. She tried desperately to engage him in conversation.
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Meanings and Examples of ENGAGE
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engage
v. obtain for services of; arrange for the use of; pledge or promise, especially to marry
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Before pronouncing judgment, however, be it remembered, how objectless was my life, and how little there was to engage my attention.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2 No animal must ever live in a house, or sleep in a bed, or wear clothes, or drink alcohol, or smoke tobacco, or touch money, or engage in trade.
3 From now onwards Animal Farm would engage in trade with the neighbouring farms: not, of course, for any commercial purpose, but simply in order to obtain certain materials which were urgently necessary.
4 I must entreat Miss Julia Bertram," said he, "not to engage in the part of Agatha, or it will be the ruin of all my solemnity.
5 Mr. Bertram," said Miss Crawford, a few minutes afterwards, "you know Henry to be such a capital improver, that you cannot possibly engage in anything of the sort at Thornton Lacey without accepting his help.
6 I have had the pleasure of seeing your sister dance, Mr. Price," said Henry Crawford, leaning forward, "and will engage to answer every inquiry which you can make on the subject, to your entire satisfaction.
7 You shook your head at my acknowledging that I should not like to engage in the duties of a clergyman always for a constancy.
8 Edmund was not unwilling to be persuaded to engage in the business; he wanted to know Fanny's feelings.
9 He's game enough now, I'll engage.
10 Hither and thither he dived that night: now working at the pumps, and now hurrying through the smoke and flame, but never ceasing to engage himself wherever noise and men were thickest.
11 It was on this point that she had hoped to engage Anne's good offices with Mr Elliot.
12 He would try by a few attentions to make his peace with the girl Howells, and then would engage her as his accomplice.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
13 The professor is writing a learned book, and he found it necessary, about a year ago, to engage a secretary.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
14 This brought his hand within a few inches of the broken end of the rope, but it was not this so much as the bracket itself which seemed to engage his attention.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
15 This circumstance, added to his well-known integrity and dauntless courage, made me very desirous to engage him.
Example Sentence: (94 in 7 pages)
1 When you fully engage in the present, there is no room for baggage from the past or fear of the future.
2 Opportunities to create partnerships and to engage is not a year and a half from now, or two years from now.
3 He was using the phrase to exhort his compatriots to prepare for war, to engage in the struggle for freedom.
4 The Israeli and Palestinian girls engage in intense discussions and heated arguments.
5 The children's inherent love of learning is encouraged by giving them opportunities to engage in spontaneous, meaningful activities under the guidance of a trained adult.
6 The culture of making learning something to love and engage in with gusto is totally absent.
7 I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct.
8 Everyone is free to engage in peaceful political activity.
9 Better master one than engage with ten.
10 I will engage for his behavior should you decide to employ him.
11 She tried desperately to engage him in conversation.
12 As an active participant in economic globalization, China will never engage in trade or investment protectionism.
13 Lecturers engage in teaching and research.
14 I have no time to engage in the debate.
15 This is a book meant to engage its young audience viscerally; it is a sumptuous, deeply affecting work.