How to Use engage in a Sentence

engage

verb
Definition of engagenext
Synonyms for engagenext
  • The troops prepared to engage with the enemy.
  • The troops prepared to engage the enemy.
  • He was engaged as a tutor.
  • He sure can engage an audience.
  • The story engaged my interest.
  • The goal for the app is to help the hip hop industry engage more with fans.
    — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2018
  • Heath starts off with face pulls to engage the rear delts.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But he has been engaged with this team even when he was hurt.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The board is the taxpayer's voice and needs to engage and drive their will.
    — Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Turn the pits of your elbows forward to engage your lats.
    — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 15 June 2023
  • Those who engage most with books tend to be younger and more diverse.
    — oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Harvard has a duty to lean in and engage, and to be in service to the world.
    — Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2022
  • When someone gets engaged, most folks want to see the ring first.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 15 Aug. 2023
  • But over the last year many of you have had to find new ways to engage clients and audiences.
    — House Beautiful, 19 Nov. 2020
  • They were engaged right before covid and put the wedding on hold.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The kid didn’t say much, even when Gomez tried to engage him.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
  • This breakdown is the best way to engage all parts of your body and avoid strain or injury.
    — Maggie Slepian, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2023
  • With control, engage the inner thighs to bring the knees back in line with your hips.
    — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 5 July 2017
  • The company sees it as a new way to engage with customers.
    — Chavie Lieber, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2022
  • The Suns will need to engage in multi-team trade talks.
    — Dana Scott, azcentral, 13 June 2019
  • The couple got engaged, but never made it to the altar.
    — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 25 July 2019
  • Be present and engaged on your date and have respect for the other person.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Justice Thomas wants to ban the right to engage in nipple play?
    — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2022
  • Tuck your tailbone and engage your core, butt, and quads.
    — SELF, 18 Jan. 2019
  • Doomguy doesn’t engage with the story so much as move through it.
    — Matthew Gault, Time, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Workers chose not to engage and left to work elsewhere.
    — oregonlive, 16 May 2021
  • The two sides would then likely engage in further talks.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Sep. 2021
  • If the person doesn't engage with you, what's the worst thing that happened?
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2021
  • Feeding times vary from day to day, a technique to keep them engaged.
    — Scott Craven, azcentral, 12 July 2018
  • This is not a time to use video calls and meetings to not engage with our employees.
    — Joe Hart, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2022

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