Sentence examples for engaging not to from inspiring English sources

Via Erik Loomis comes this report of a university engaging, not to put too fine a point on it, in the world's oldest profession.

It's a virtuoso performance, but more technically impressive than emotionally engaging — not to mention exhausting and abstruse to audiences unfamiliar with its barrage of culturally specific references.

"For a man so engaging not to be able to speak for the last months of his life must have been excruciating," said Richard Palmer, the state Supreme Court Justice, who presided at the Southington dinner.

Coming up with a name for one of the new collections "that's descriptive and engaging — not to mention hasn't already been used, isn't completely banal and meets the approval of the rest of the management team — is a nearly impossible task," he said.

The way to get more is to engage, not to play party politics, he says.

But the way to get more is to engage, not to stand up and play party politics.

"We have events planned to inform, enlighten and engage — not to obstruct," said Michael Grosse, a 27-year-old multimedia producer from Newmarket, N.H., who has worked with Occupy New Hampshire since last fall.

Aboriginal leadership is always ready and willing to engage with government but wants to be engaged, not ordered or dictated to.

To engage or not to engage?

To engage or not to engage, that is the question – and we heard passionate arguments from both sides (and even more from you readers in the comments).

According to Ajzen [ 20], behavioral intention is the motivation or desire for someone to engage or not to engage in a behavior.