How to Use involve in a Sentence

involve

verb
  • He told us a story involving life on a farm.
  • The disease continued to spread until it involved the entire jaw.
  • She remained involved with the organization for many years.
  • Renovating the house involved hiring a contractor.
  • The coalition of hotels involved in talks with the union welcomed the deal.
    John Antczak, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
  • None of this appears to have harmed the careers of those involved.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Likely not much could, since the project involves no new footage.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Most of it involved moving Kleenex and changing the amount of light in empty rooms.
    Christopher Fiorello, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Gibson said he’s changed a lot since he was involved in New Orleans’s gang wars of the 1990s.
    Tim Craig, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Ask him two things — who was the ringleader and who else was involved in the kidnapping.
    Jake Adelstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Here are 11 lively places in L.A. to take your crush that don’t involve dinner and/or drinks.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • For Nathan, the science involving stem cells and plastic doesn’t quite line up.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The two cases that went to trial this year, like the Buffalo case, both involved such crimes.
    David Nakamura, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Tina was deeply involved in the crafting of this musical.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • The deal only involves women and children on both sides.
    Jared Malsin, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2023
  • But by the spring of this year, an agreement on anything that involved concessions to Iran seemed a million miles away.
    Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • All the survivors were involved in this film and all of the families of those who didn’t return were also involved.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
  • This involves an extra interaction with the air, which is called the Magnus force.
    WIRED, 16 June 2023
  • The veterans haven’t pushed the younger players to be as involved in the same issues, players on both ends of the generation gap said.
    Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 21 July 2023
  • Multiple agencies were involved in the search for the second diver.
    Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman quit in response, saying the board did not involve him in the decision.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2023
  • But after winning for the sixth time in seven games, the biggest unknown involved the Rams’ playoff fate.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Police have not linked any of the incidents, but have said that each case has involved a group of two to four people ambushing the victims.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The payout raised eyebrows among other lawyers involved.
    Alexandra Berzon, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • The attack may have involved two vehicles, police said in a statement.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 19 June 2023
  • Common in Spain, this tradition involves waiting for the stroke of midnight, then eating one grape for each clock chime.
    Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The biggest problems, to put it candidly, involve a list of schools serving low-income Black children on the north side.
    Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The losses involved 451 reports from consumers in the United States and Canada about event ticket scams during that time.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
  • One in five police killings involve a person in mental health crisis.
    Time, 12 July 2023
  • In the original One Piece, the character is notable for his three-sword fighting style, which involves wielding one blade with his mouth.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 17 June 2023

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