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'employ' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'employ' with 20 example sentences.


employ verb

: put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

: engage or hire for work

employ noun

: the state of being employed or having a job


  • She employed a private detective to keep a watch on her husband.
  • The company wants to employ 20 people.
  • The farmer employed five new workers.
  • The company has decided to employ two new secretaries.
  • He is employed in a bank.
  • We will employ a man who can speak English.
  • The tire factory employs 250 people.
  • How many maids does that lady want to employ?
  • I can employ you in my company.
  • Mr Johnson is self-employed and is in the business of repairing furniture.
  • His age didn't enter into our decision not to employ him.
  • Six people applied for the job, but none of them were employed.
  • He is employed on the farm.
  • How many teachers does this university employ?
  • If he had been honest, I would have employed him.
  • Are they going to employ more people?
  • I am employed as a librarian in an academic library.
  • We employed her as an assistant.
  • They don't employ enough people.
  • They have been in my employ for five years.
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