Sentence examples for had just engaged from inspiring English sources

The Soviet Union had just engaged in a direct military aggression against a weaker neighbor: Soviet tanks and paratroopers had invaded Afghanistan in December 1979, and the Soviet military was engaged in bloody massacres of the Afghans on a scale even larger than currently in Chechnya.

We asked students who had just engaged in a sexual act -- here simply if genitals were in any way involved -- if they loved their partners.

This is unsurprising, since he has just engaged in one of many fights, but two points are worthy of note.

We've just engaged in a conversation that all scientists, journalists and university communicators should be having all the time, and sadly are not.

At this point in the musical, Ed the Salty Bar Owner has just engaged in an elaborate fight sequence with Bloomberg.

Behind them is the authority of the U. N. all of whose members are "peace-loving," and some of whose members have just engaged in war.

I feel wiped out, yet invigorated, as if we've just engaged in sex or some other kind of flow activity.

Behind them is the authority of the U. N. all of whose members are "peace-loving," and some of whose members have just engaged in war... View Article By Phil Klay By Troy Patterson By John Cassidy By Larissa MacFarquhar By Andy Borowitz By Phil Klay By Troy Patterson By John Cassidy By Larissa MacFarquhar.

The World Bank has just engaged him to design a headquarters in Dakar for the International Finance Corporation, or I.F.C., its private-sector arm, and in Libreville, Gabon's capital, President Ali Bongo Ondimba has commissioned him to create the master plan for a new government complex on a central mall.

North Korea has just "engaged" in its habitual game of chicken, going ahead on April 5 with a ballistic missile test.

3) When you've just engaged in Level 2 thinking, picture someone who respects and appreciates you.