How To Use Enlisting In A Sentence

  • They even believe in co-determination, where unions and managers talk about strategy, as a means of enlisting their workers' engagement and loyalty.
  • If Wright had aspirations to fight in one of the war's main theaters after enlisting with the Sixth Iowa Cavalry Regiment, he was quickly disabused of the idea.
  • Knocking on wood is meant to bring good luck by enlisting the support of spirits who according to the ancient pagans Druids, lived in trees.
  • The hook, of course, was Corey Pavin enlisting the Iraq veteran Major Dan Rooney to give a motivational talk to his Ryder Cup team, a decision which positively scandalised some. Wheel out a Major Dan Rooney and people on British streets would laugh
  • Another big help for us was enlisting the support of former pastors. Christianity Today
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  • Enlisting in the U.S. Coast Guard, he became a pilot of twin-engined seaplanes, doing search and rescue operations and fish and wildlife patrols in Florida, Texas, and Washington.
  • There is a fuzzy line between contracting out for services from industry, and simply enlisting industry in the cause.
  • He's building a new Democratic infrastructure, regimenting it under his brand, and enlisting new technologies and more sophisticated voter contacting techniques to turn it from a normal GOTV effort into a lasting movement. Hullabaloo
  • The wisdom we seek may be better found by enlisting vision and imagination rather than dismissing them.
  • I believe we were extremely fortunate in enlisting the willing services of such outstanding persons as constituted the Commission. Some Thoughts on the Carter Report
  • One of the best answers would be enlisting Turkey's help. Times, Sunday Times
  • They even believe in co-determination, where unions and managers talk about strategy, as a means of enlisting their workers' engagement and loyalty.
  • However, there was a problem during the war with men enlisting more than once to obtain the generous bounties provided for volunteers, so these figures may be exaggerated.
  • I understand the value of rallying the troops, but enlisting Will Ferrell (whom I love!) and other celebrities at a time when so much of the country has been seriously, * seriously* lied to, to then in many ways reinforce those terrible frames ... MoveOn.org Hits a Health Care Nerve
  • Enlisting in the First Arkansas Regiment as a private soldier, and serving for twelve months as orderly sergeant; at the reorganization he was elected colonel of the regiment, and afterwards, on account of merit and ability, was commissioned brigadier-general; distinguishing himself for conspicuous bravery and gallantry on every battlefield, and being "scalped" by a minnie ball at Richmond, Kentucky -- which scar marks its furrow on top of his head today. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show
  • I've considered enlisting though (they are currently in the midst of a massive recruitment drive), and claiming about ten years' salary for the ‘stress’ of the first bit of unpleasantry that I have to deal with.
  • Police forces are enlisting new recruits. Times, Sunday Times
  • Fort Bragg soldiers are re-enlisting in droves as the Army struggles to meets its recruiting goals.
  • It prevented student organization by enlisting a force of students to report on political activity.
  • Beware of enlisting in your vigilant fisheries any lad with lean brow and hollow eye; given to unseasonable meditativeness; and who offers to ship with the Phaedon instead of Moby Dick; or the Whale
  • Enlisting his customers, he forms a dodgeball team in the hope of winning a major tournament. The Sun
  • The nascent folktronica has had its share of electronic composers come to the fore, enlisting the use of acoustic instruments for their source material.
  • The first arrest was made in September when an officer in the Guards was arrested for enlisting men for the Pretender.
  • He was planning on enlisting the aid of the Association of Racing Commissioners to help get the law amended before next year.
  • Police forces are enlisting new recruits. Times, Sunday Times
  • If anything, it shows that Obama has extremely good judgement in enlisting the help of highly knowledgeable people. Obama beats back criticism over head of VP search
  • State level and district level programmes would also be organised for the purpose of enlisting the support of common people in promotion of peace and harmony.
  • But by enlisting machines to do what once was the creative province of human beings alone, we deliberately narrow our conceptions of genius, creativity, and art.
  • Another big help for us was enlisting the support of former pastors. Christianity Today
  • Police forces are enlisting new recruits. Times, Sunday Times
  • Police forces are enlisting new recruits. Times, Sunday Times
  • Again, this means getting other people involved and enlisting the help of the media.
  • I'm surrounded by soldiers who are re-enlisting and volunteering to go to units that are deploying.
  • Because planetary researchers are enlisting everyday citizens in scientific exploration of the surface of the moon.
  • A moratorium should be declared on at least three ways of enlisting people. Christianity Today
  • From that time, she worked with all her might to "smother" her rival, enlisting the services of influential friends to persuade the managers not to give Christine an opportunity for a fresh triumph. The Phantom of the Opera
  • Due to national security and many other restrictions, non-citizen members of the military have only a small, select number of Military Occupational Specialties to choose from when enlisting or re-enlisting.
  • But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy … She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own … she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom. What Would Wilson Do?
  • The number of women enlisting has also helped to pre-empt talk of a return to the draft. Times, Sunday Times
  • Silverfin Promotion, enlisting chefs to create recipes for what they called the tasty white meat of the bighead carp and silver carp, the two dominant invaders. NYT > Home Page
  • I continue to be appalled at the notion of enlisting the community to administer public shame as a criminal punishment. Hullabaloo
  • Police forces are enlisting new recruits. Times, Sunday Times
  • But enlisting Ms. Yingluck as what he describes as his "clone" seems to be a masterstroke, analysts say. Fugitive's Sister Leads Thai Polls
  • His job included enlisting Justin Kaplan to write the introduction and working with Victor Doyno on the textual foreword and addendum.
  • During 1915 many Dunedin cricket clubs had to withdraw teams as so many players were enlisting.
  • So much so that hospitals would probably be better off enlisting those volunteers to provide blood to needy civilians because the army generally has a fairly good stock of blood.
  • Leslie Hoffman, the Executive Director of Earth Pledge pulled off quite a coup in enlisting twenty-eight internationally recognized designers for the creation of a one-of-kind collection that incorporates a feast of organic fibers and textiles. FUTUREFASHION: Earth Pledge Remakes Fashion Week | Inhabitat
  • Committed the unpardonable social error of enlisting as a private soldier in a regiment in which his grander cousin was an officer. WHISTLER IN THE DARK
  • As for enlisting the resourceful Wilma production for being "more evocative of the real-life Housman's seething emotions than the text itself," Mr. Mendelsohn unluckily picks an evocation which is prescribed in the stage directions. 'The Invention of Love': An Exchange
  • Enlisting Crumb's help, he writes a series that chronicles his mundane, day-to-day existence.
  • The couple began hosting Burgundy symposia for passionate amateurs in 1997, welcoming a dozen guests to Bouilland for an intensive week of tasting and touring, enlisting such experts as Clive Coates and Alan Meadows to assist. In the Domain of the Earth Mother of Burgundy
  • The young men building the fire for the funeral ceremony were equally unmoved and insisted that the deaths of their friends would not stop them from enlisting. Times, Sunday Times
  • He also fancies himself a playwright, and approaches the well-heeled Mr. Dangle (Darragh Kennan) and the waspish Mr. Sneer (Jonathan Smoots), a pair of opinionated connoisseurs, in the hopes of enlisting their support for his latest effort, a tragedy called "The Spanish Armada" that ranks alongside "The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe" as the worst play ever written. Those Who Cannot Do…
  • It seems to have been around this time that he hit on the idea of enlisting legions of amateurs as a kind of SOES bandit army. Father of Day-Trading Sought
  • Before enlisting he had been the chief of a gang of claqueurs, whose business it was to lead the applause, or it might be, the hissing at the theatres of Rome.
  • And in Thursday's episode, Leslie put Ron (Nick Offerman) through the wringer by enlisting April (Aubrey Plaza) to pretend she was planning an elaborate Pawnee rager. Why Ron Swanson’s Birthday Turned Super Sweet on Parks and Recreation
  • First - and I hope that you will agree with me - we have been fortunate in enlisting the sympathies and securing the support of the monarch1 who sits on the British throne and to whom the world owes a debt of gratitude for using his best influence on behalf of the cause of peace. Randal Cremer - Nobel Lecture
  • THE three "intolerable" measures with which my government stands charged by those who succeeded in enlisting the aid of so powerful an ally as the United States in this revolution are as follows: – Hawaii's Story, by Hawaii's Queen
  • Large industrialists, enlisting the support of unions, announced the first general strike.
  • One of the best answers would be enlisting Turkey's help. Times, Sunday Times
  • Has the president ever discussed with his children the idea of enlisting and making the "sacrifice" that he asks others to make? Easter Lemming Liberal News
  • The predominating one is the high, philosophically schooled intelligence, which has succeeded in enlisting in its service both imagination and learning, both sensitivity and the analysis of ideas. Nobel Prize in Literature 1948 - Presentation Speech
  • Bromley is currently enlisting artists to submit 8ft x 12 ft artworks on a 170 ft length on the building-site style hoardings.
  • Angle's ad doesn't mention that it would also allow certain undocumented immigrant youth who were brought to the U.S. by their parents at a young age to eventually obtain legal permanent status by enlisting in the military or attending a university. Sharron Angle Ad Uses Threat Of Creeping Brown People To Drive Racial Wedge (VIDEO)
  • The number of soldiers enlisting has fallen dramatically.
  • The club also consistently tweets in-game coverage, enlisting the help of then injured player Micah Richards, who took over the @MCFC account to live-tweet from a game.
  • Recently Mark Zuckerberg (the founder of Facebook) stated that this year Facebook would have one billion participants -- most of whom spend endless daily hours enlisting the membership of what I label "faux friends"(FFs). Jill Lynne: Life Is Not a Popularity Contest!
  • The number of women enlisting has also helped to pre-empt talk of a return to the draft. Times, Sunday Times

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