How to Use engage in in a Sentence

engage in

phrasal verb
  • Daryl engaged in arguably his fiercest fight since his epic throwdown with Beta.
    Charlie Mason, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2024
  • My father had been peppering me with trivia, trying to keep me engaged in the process.
    Emiliana Betancourt, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Of the seven couples who got engaged in the pods, five remain committed while two of them have split and gone their separate ways.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Those who engage in such lies are undermining confidence in the rescue and recovery work that's opening and ongoing.
    ABC News, 13 Oct. 2024
  • That almost certainly would weaken the government’s power to enforce statutes and rules by reducing the number of employees engaging in the work.
    Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The death of the squad commander was revealed this morning, hours after Hezbollah said its fighters had engaged in the first armed clashes with Israeli forces in Lebanon.
    Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • There’s been a push to get elephants out of ancient zoo habitats and into larger spaces, where there are more opportunities to socialize and engage in natural behavior.
    Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Drake and Kendrick Lamar engaged in a battle for the ages last month.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 24 June 2024
  • The judge in the case has already ruled that the defendants engaged in fraud.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The two got engaged in 2015 and tied the knot less than a year later, in Tennessee.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Tom Cruise engaged in a little risky business to close out the 2024 Paris Olympics.
    Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Landowners weren’t the only ones engaged in the hermit trade.
    Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
  • A couple of years ago, Residente engaged in a war of words with J Balvin.
    Gary Suarez, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2024
  • That’s because the Portland Trail Blazers have yet to fully engage in trade talks with the Heat.
    Afentres, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Police said two groups of people who knew of each other engaged in a fight that led up to the stabbing.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
  • They got engaged in March 2019 and married nine months later.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The two engaged in a 11-shot rally that seemed to be over after what seemed to be a down-the-line backhand winner from Bublik.
    Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
  • The next step is to engage in a dialogue with the community.
    Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
  • And everyone engaging in the process — from creators to viewers to commenters — can make a few bucks along the way.
    Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Why did the attack take place? Israel and Iran are long-standing rivals and have been engaged in a shadow war for years.
    Rob Picheta, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
  • If engaging in outdoor activity, take longer and more frequent breaks and avoid the hottest parts of the day.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
  • The couple got engaged in February 2019 and wed six months later.
    Jolene Latimer, Peoplemag, 7 July 2024
  • Stars from Taylor Swift to Bad Bunny have been engaged in legal battles over the rights to their music.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 2 Aug. 2023
  • There is no facts in the record to suggest that President Biden engaged in wrongdoing.
    ABC News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Some of the people camping on the bike path are engaging in activities that would be against the camp’s rules, leaders have said.
    Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
  • In one of the most memorably ludicrous scenes, the octoroon’s two suitors engage in fisticuffs.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • According to the blogger, Graziadei and Kent got engaged in Tulum, Mexico, at the end of the season.
    The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • According to the blogger, Graziadei and Kent got engaged in Tulum, Mexico, at the end of the season.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • As a part of debate rules agreed on by both campaigns, the seasoned anchors did not engage in fact-checking with the candidates.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 July 2024
  • My husband, Brad, and I, both divorced and not in the market for anyone who didn’t ooze quality, had engaged in a keyboard courtship.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024

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