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Example sentences for "being engaged"

  • Sir Philip Musgrave, with some Scots, being engaged at Dumfries in a like enterprise, met with a like fate.

  • He replied, that he could by no means comply with the desire of the officers; being engaged in a business of far greater importance to himself, which he could not omit on any account, because it concerned the salvation of his own soul.

  • And he also came to know that his son-in-law's two ministers had arrived in Alaka, and that king Mahasena there was keeping himself alive by hope, being engaged in practising austerities.

  • In the same way that prince spent eleven nights, being engaged in propitiating Ganesa, the king of impediments; and Srutadhi remained in attendance on him.

  • And I was then his servant, being engaged in the duties which belong to me.

  • At present, we are not in a position to plant this trading station in Singapore, being engaged in serious wars in India; and it may be a considerable time before things have so settled down that we can do so.

  • The work, therefore, of rebuilding the town was commenced; every available man of the garrison, and those who had come in, being engaged in cutting wood and bringing it in.

  • I have always done my best, and been exceptionally fortunate in being engaged in services that gave me an opportunity of, in some degree, distinguishing myself.

  • The results of the examination which he made and the circumstances of which he obtained knowledge were such that he took possession of the vessel and sent her to New York upon the charge of being engaged in the slave trade.

  • After some delay the vessel was sent to Port au Prince, where she was condemned and confiscated upon the charge of being engaged "in piracy and slave- trading on the coast of Hayti.

  • Being engaged in performing this business, Thomas Cunningham and Enoch James passing along, and seeing her, entered into conversation with her, and after a while proceeded on their road.

  • White, being engaged in watching the path leading up the Little Kenhawa, killed an Elk late in the evening; and taking part of it with them, withdrew a short distance for the purpose of eating their suppers and spending the night.

  • The fact was, Blair was merely a necessary appendage to the joy of being engaged.

  • But I have no objection to your looking forward to being engaged, and married, too.

  • It was easy to be savage with Blair, because David's lack of interest in her affairs had taken the zest out of "being engaged" in the most surprising way.

  • That night she announced after tea to Sir Arthur, that she was about to leave home for several weeks next day, being engaged to spend some time with her friend, Mrs. O'Donoghoe.

  • Here is an account of Granville--Richard Granville--being engaged in a splendid adventure.

  • She heard them spoken of by him only in a general way, till they were all re-assembled in the drawing-room, when Edmund, being engaged apart in some matter of business with Dr.

  • Even if it's being engaged to me," responded he with a roar.

  • The idea of Alice's being engaged and we not know it!

  • What was that stuff you were talking about my being engaged?

  • I'm not used to being engaged, you see, and I'm not up in my part.

  • We may keep on being engaged as long as we please, may n't we?

  • Now there seems to be only one way that we may keep right on being engaged.

  • But when a man was experiencing brand-new sensations--the sensations of being engaged--it was quite impossible to make such a promise.

  • Suppose I insist on being engaged to Wilfred?

  • It would be more tactful to present as alternatives the definite fact of being engaged to Wilfred or the indefinite idea of being able some time or other in the future to adopt the stage as a profession.

  • After all, he considered her one of the most beautiful girls he had ever met, and, being engaged to be married, she could allow her arm to be taken without danger or loss of dignity.

  • Suppose I insist on being engaged to Wilfred Curlew?

  • But--it makes it so that I must go on being engaged, in honour.

  • I thought at first that I could not go on being engaged, but would have to break.

  • I lie awake at night thinking of the future, because if I am to help Larry in a big, useful way I must marry--not just go on being engaged.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "being engaged" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being about; being alone; being anxious; being asked; being converted; being deprived; being desirous; being elected; being employed; being given; being justified; being kept; being left; being loved; being minded; being once; being placed; being present; being questioned; being supposed; being taken; being then; being usually; its origin; may easily; this juncture