'engaged' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'engaged' with 20 example sentences.
- engaged adjective
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: having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
: involved in military hostilities
: reserved in advance
: (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)
: (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
: having services contracted for
: built against or attached to a wall
: pledged to be married
He got engaged to my cousin.
Jill is engaged to Jack.
My sister is engaged in social work.
My father has been engaged in foreign trade for many years.
They are engaged in cancer research.
Have you ever been engaged?
The two countries are engaged in biological warfare.
I am engaged in AIDS research.
Dan and Linda weren't even engaged.
I am engaged in a new business.
He has engaged in religious activity since then.
He engaged in incest with his younger sister.
The company engaged him as an advisor.
The young widow got engaged once more.
The military engaged the enemy five kilometers south of the capital.
He engaged her as an interpreter.
At that time she was engaged in operating a tractor.
We are engaged in a difficult task.
Our troops engaged with the enemy.
He is engaged in teaching.