Example Sentences

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Conscripting a few average Americans who happen to be my friends — one a former vegetarian — I embarked upon a taste test of a range of five different dogs.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2022

Conscripting God to the side of the patriots, it became an unofficial anthem of the Revolution, and is still frequently performed by choirs today.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2017

Conscripting companies to raise workers’ savings may help, but it could well fall short.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2015

Conscripting her newly retired dad as crew, she set about learning lobster fishing.

From Time Magazine Archive