engaged

Definition:
1. Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.
2. Involved in military hostilities.
3. Reserved in advance.

Use 'engaged' in a sentence:

• 1. I couldn't get through—the line's engaged.
• 2. I ain't the first you've ever been engaged to!
• 3. Joanna was pouring the wine. While she was thus engaged, Charles sat on one of the bar-stools.
• 4. We told them we want to be engaged.
• 5. I have never engaged in drug trafficking.
• 6. My job was to find interesting engaged couples, interview them and write their love stories.
• 7. Say, Becky, was you ever engaged?
• 8. Huck was silent for some time, engaged in a mental struggle.
• 9. She made a solemn promise to him when they became engaged that she would give up cigarettes for good.
• 10. He is engaged in doing his French exercises.
• 11. When we're doing so, our brains are more engaged.
• 12. I tried the number again, got an engaged tone.
• 13. Anne and Steve got engaged two years after they had first started going out.
• 14. I'm engaged with the revision of my dictionary.
• 15. He had engaged in genealogical research on his family shortly before the War.
• 16. The London City Ballet has engaged two male dancers from the Bolshoi.
• 17. He was busily engaged repairing his bike.
• 18. We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday.
• 19. The company engaged in a deliberate effort to cheat them out of their pensions.
• 20. They found the three engaged in target practice.
• 21. They are engaged to be married.
• 22. When did you get engaged?
• 23. He is currently engaged as a consultant.
• 24. The line is engaged.
• 25. I have a large circle of friends and acquaintances engaged in photography.
• 26. We tried to call you back but you were engaged.
• 27. They are engaged in talks with the Irish government.
• 28. The soldiers were engaged in a military operation close to the Ugandan border.
• 29. They're engaged, but they haven't yet named the day.
• 30. She's engaged to Peter.
• 31. I can't come to dinner on Tuesday ─ I'm otherwise engaged.
• 32. They were engaged in conversation.
• 33. He is now engaged on his second novel.
• 34. The peculiar thing about getting engaged is that you're meant to announce it to everyone.
• 35. I couldn't get through ─ the line's engaged.
• 36. He's really serious about Penny and wants to get engaged.
• 37. At least 17 different irregular units are engaged in the war.
• 38. When did you get engaged ?
• 39. The guests engaged in superficial chatter.
• 40. He is engaged in a bitter struggle with his rival to get control of the company.
• 41. The company has engaged two male dancers from the Bolshoi.
• 42. We engaged the services of a famous engineer.
• 43. I tried to reach him, but the line was engaged.