Sentence examples for engagements in which from inspiring English sources
Previously, however, it had been thought that this came about through the intermediary of military engagements, in which armed forces clashed until the price in blood and treasure became too great for one side to bear.
One of his more brutal engagements, in which he crushed a band of rebels on the slopes of Slievenamon, a mountain in central Ireland, is still remembered in song.
Assigned to the Army of the Alps, he fought a series of difficult winter engagements in which his troops sometimes foundered in deep snow and at other times skidded on icy cliffs.
He wanted Vann to take advantage of the dexterity that helicopters offered for landing and shifting assault troops, and devise tactics that would stampede the best Vietcong units into engagements in which they could be annihilated.
In the limited engagements in which regular army troops have fought the Taliban in the tribal areas and sections of the Swat Valley, they not only failed to dislodge the Taliban, but also convinced many Pakistanis that their own military was as much of a menace as the Islamic radicals it sought to repel, residents and analysts say.
The battle comprised several engagements, in which Polish forces were routed.
Students who engage in explaining (e.g., talking) during group work are engaging either in constructive engagement, in which the student constructs his or her own mental model, or interactive engagement, in which the student builds on another student's ideas.
Her engagement, in which she sings summery songs by Gershwin, Porter, Arlen and others, runs through Aug. 22.
Battle of Verdun, (February 21 December 18 , 1916, World War I engagement in which the French repulsed a major German offensive.
That the judges notice the Australian author Chloe Hooper's scarily intense The Engagement, in which an English architect begins a relationship with an Australian cattle magnate.
