Sentence examples for being engaged by a from inspiring English sources

Readers simply enjoy the feeling of being engaged by a story.

It was not until the 17th century that the attorneys and solicitors were expelled from the Inns and the division between advocate and attorney became rigid, and not until the 18th century did the barristers accept a rule that they would function only upon being engaged by an attorney not upon being retained directly by a client.

As an atheist, I didn't expect to be engaged by a panel debate about religion.

The convoy was engaged by a Nato aircraft to reduce the threat".

He is engaged by a posse of angry prostitutes to kill a customer who has cut up one of them.

That year she was engaged by a company organized by the German-American impresarios Max and Maurice Strakosch and featuring Christine Nilsson.

By Stanley Edgar Hyman and Russell Maloney The New Yorker, May 8 , 1943P. 11 A writer was engaged by a publishing house to edit & re-write a manuscript dealing with the Arabs & Arabia.

The front-wheel brake is controlled by a lever near the handgrip; the rear-wheel brake is engaged by a foot pedal.

Audience members are engaged by a vivid theatrical reality — the obscure parallel drama unfolding among the office workers — but are also obliged to conjure the world of "Gatsby".

Instead, she was engaged by a company called Angel Squad to massage the shoulders of men and women at "big parties in nightclubs".

He may be engaged by a congregation to serve for an entire year or merely to assist at the ceremonies of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.