How to Use engagement in a Sentence

engagement

noun
  • We have a dinner engagement this weekend.
  • The couple recently announced their engagement.
  • She surprised everyone by breaking off her yearlong engagement.
  • She's been offered several speaking engagements.
  • Photos from the day of engagements show Kate chatting with people on the street and taking selfies with them.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2023
  • Surveys of employee well-being and engagement were going up.
    Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • Just as important is reviving the brand, which had seen viewership and social engagement slip.
    Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Joan Vassos doesn’t need her stint as the Golden Bachelorette to end with an engagement.
    Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
  • In late April, Matt shared his engagement to Caryn Chandler after six years of dating.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 7 May 2023
  • Therefore, funding engagement efforts is critical as well.
    Carla Delgado, Popular Science, 3 May 2023
  • Smith’s sense of that obligation is evident in her engagement with and celebration of Black history and culture.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • The royal will resume to a light program of external engagements for the remainder of the year, underscoring the need to focus on making a full recovery.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Those are the kinds of engagements that need to happen.
    Grace Segers, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2023
  • This is the start of a long-term engagement which stands to benefit you both over the coming years.
    Debbie Frank, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
  • PwC suspended engagement with the CBI and is not taking part in the vote.
    Sabah Meddings, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023
  • Over the years, one method—the employee engagement survey—emerged as a durable tool.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 12 July 2023
  • The days where fashion was all about beauty and not about product and engagements.
    Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2024
  • What's more, the show left fans' jaws on the floor, thanks to an era full of engagements and life-threatening emergencies.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 30 May 2023
  • All these changes have been paying off in terms of user engagement.
    Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The first was a close-up of them embracing on the beach, with Champion's engagement ring front and center.
    Vogue, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Their engagement was announced Sept. 4 on the Facebook page of his Pure Hank radio show.
    Angela Wilson, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The 12 custom chatbots with the most engagement are spotlighted in the GPT Store’s trending list.
    Reece Rogers, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Prior to their engagement, the singers were having a whirlwind year as a couple.
    USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • Johnson worked with Miller to arrange speaking engagements for the past 11 years.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Rex Buckley, her fiancé, held up her left hand to show her engagement ring.
    The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2023
  • The pair announced their engagement in May 2021 after one month of dating.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
  • To help square that circle, share of engagement aims to shift brand focus from output to input.
    Lou Hong, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • India also has to make up for its decision over the past decade to scale back its engagement with the global South.
    Happymon Jacob, Foreign Affairs, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Based on levels of engagement over the past two weeks, Ryder is hopeful that this could double for 2024.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 26 July 2024
  • Aside from the engagement ring and wedding band, a stunning pair of earrings (whether small or large) make for the the perfect finishing touch.
    Sophie Dweck, townandcountrymag.com, 26 May 2023

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