Sentence examples for while it was engaged from inspiring English sources

By early November 1776, the majority of the regiment's officers and enlisted men had joined Washington's Main Army while it was engaged in the battle for New York City during the New York and New Jersey campaign.

But that Kurd-dominated coalision is widely seen as a politically convenient invention, cobbled together so the U.S. can funnel significant support to effective Kurdish fighters and their allies -- as it did with an Oct. 12 airdrop -- while saying it is engaging Sunni Arabs, the majority community in Syria.

Mathaf embraced the exhibition in accordance with its mission to promote Arab art while sending a message that it is engaging with the international art world.

It was while he was engaged in these activities that he succeeded in getting the concept of crimes against humanity inscribed on the list of charges, and thus incorporated into international law.

It was composed in 1898-99, while Vierne was engaged to a young singer, a time of rare happiness (although the marriage didn't last).

It charges that while President Bush was engaged in Iraq, his administration has "failed to take effective steps to stop the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs," and calls for a significant change of course.

"He just exited the door while she was engaged in conversation".

Impatient for power, however, Salīm revolted in 1599 while Akbar was engaged in the Deccan.

The WICB, he said, was the "most unprofessional" in the world, while Cameron was engaged in a "personal war" with his own players.

While he was engaged in this work he met the engineer for the road, Thomas Telford.

While he was engaged as a research student, Ramanujan continued to submit papers to the Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society.