be engaged in
Example Sentences
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He said he wasn’t happy with it but that “it is what is,” expressing no interest in going after anyone who might be engaged in this behavior.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026
A recent Gallup survey found people with a powerful sense of purpose at work are 5.6 times as likely to be engaged in their jobs as those with a low sense of purpose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
St Clair and Musk are thought to be engaged in a custody battle over their child.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
“If the aircraft flying above is not identifiable as a combatant aircraft, it should not be engaged in combatant activity.”
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026
It is what physicians used to be engaged in at the bedside of patients with diphtheria, meningitis, poliomyelitis, lobar pneumonia, and all the rest of the infectious diseases that have since come under control.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
