be engaged in
Example Sentences
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“I think that, yes, there was a kind of risk taken by the Iranians, but it doesn’t seem that Iran really wanted to be engaged in a full-scale confrontation with Israel,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
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
"It's absolutely vital for parents to take work, to stay in work, and for children to be engaged in something positive during the school holidays," she says.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025
Every institution must be engaged in the fight because every institution is at risk.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025
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
