Sentence examples for formal engagements from inspiring English sources

These don't need to be big, formal engagements: forging warm, local relationships will help build up the knowledge and resilience required.

A flight from Barcelona carrying Danny Cruyff, Johan's wife of 48 years, has been delayed and so there is an unexpected 40 additional minutes with Guardiola before we start our formal engagements.

Besides being counselled by advisors on what is and is not appropriate, there is inherently less room for error in the prince's sartorial affairs since, unlike women's fashion, menswear leaves little room for personal flair when it comes to formal engagements – often the colour and even the cut of the suit you are obliged to wear is prescribed.

The hijab is typically reserved for formal engagements where it is worn for cultural rather than religious reasons.

Schools might informally test the water on specific issues – "How would you feel about a year 6 tie?" – and after some time spent relationship-building move on to more formal engagement on harder-to-engage issues where some control over exposure to the wider world is in place.

Soon enough, they decided to marry without a formal engagement.

Our formal engagement was not far off; we were tipsy and in high spirits.

Echt biennial art is critic-proof, because it eschews formal engagement with past art, providing no basis for comparative evaluation.

"Pending formal engagement with police, our client is anxious to put on record his total abhorrence for racism and any activity associated with it.

Anyway, the latest post from "the most recognised sports presenter internationally" [source: Richard Keys], seems to constitute the latter's first formal engagement on behalf of his new homeland.

It's a situation akin to the disappearance of the formal engagement and wedding portraits, courtesy of Bachrach, that were once a staple of newspaper society pages.