How to Use engage in a Sentence

engage

verb
  • 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 kid didn’t say much, even when Gomez tried to engage him.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The goal for the app is to help the hip hop industry engage more with fans.
    Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2018
  • The board is the taxpayer's voice and needs to engage and drive their will.
    Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The Suns will need to engage in multi-team trade talks.
    Dana Scott, azcentral, 13 June 2019
  • Heath starts off with face pulls to engage the rear delts.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Harvard has a duty to lean in and engage, and to be in service to the world.
    Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Sure, users can send TikTok videos and engage in chats on the side.
    Yoni Heisler, BGR, 19 June 2022
  • But he has been engaged with this team even when he was hurt.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Mar. 2018
  • When someone gets engaged, most folks want to see the ring first.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 15 Aug. 2023
  • If the person doesn't engage with you, what's the worst thing that happened?
    Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2021
  • With control, engage the inner thighs to bring the knees back in line with your hips.
    Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 5 July 2017
  • Manchin's staffers didn't engage much on the call, Nostrand said.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Doomguy doesn’t engage with the story so much as move through it.
    Matthew Gault, Time, 19 Mar. 2020
  • With your toes pressed into the ground, lift your knees from the floor, engage your core, and hold a bear plank.
    Kristine Thomason, Men's Health, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Turn the pits of your elbows forward to engage your lats.
    Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 15 June 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
  • Those who engage most with books tend to be younger and more diverse.
    oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Tuck your tailbone and engage your core, butt, and quads.
    SELF, 18 Jan. 2019
  • Justice Thomas wants to ban the right to engage in nipple play?
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 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
  • They were engaged right before covid and put the wedding on hold.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The Nuggets refused to engage, declining to respond on the off day.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But this draft does offer touch points of high interest that will keep folks engaged.
    Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Novice players can engage smart steering to make the game even more fun to play.
    Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Some barefoot trails are designed to engage multiple senses.
    ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026

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