enlisting
IPA: ɛnɫˈɪstɪŋ
noun
- the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)
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Examples of "enlisting" in Sentences
- If anything, it shows that Obama has extremely good judgement in enlisting the help of highly knowledgeable people.
- I continue to be appalled at the notion of enlisting the community to administer public shame as a criminal punishment.
- 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.
- Has the president ever discussed with his children the idea of enlisting and making the "sacrifice" that he asks others to make?
- I believe we were extremely fortunate in enlisting the willing services of such outstanding persons as constituted the Commission.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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: –
- 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.
- 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.
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