enlisted

Example Sentences

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And seven decades earlier, Hearts missed out on the 1915 championship, because 13 of its players abruptly left the team: They had enlisted in the Royal Scots battalion to go fight in the Great War.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

He also enlisted the help of party heavyweights Harriet Harman and former prime minister Gordon Brown.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

This year, she's enlisted Boy George, who turns up to sing about "all the boys at the bar sipping cool champagne".

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The reaction from the assembled senior officers and enlisted leaders was cold and mostly silent.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

I enlisted my brothers, and we started looking for replacement birds.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly