Examples of 'had been engaged' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been engaged"

Had been engaged refers to the state of being formally committed to marry someone. It suggests that a person was previously in a relationship where marriage was planned or agreed upon

How to use "had been engaged" in a sentence

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had been engaged
They had been engaged for two years.
I saw in the papers that he had been engaged by.
I had been engaged for many years.
Now my husband had been engaged before.
Had been engaged in many petty political affairs.
Battles in which our naval commanders had been engaged.
Who had been engaged in the same.
A federal mediator already had been engaged for the talks.
They had been engaged to perform ceremonies.
One professional staff member had been engaged in the task.
The two had been engaged before they separated.
And abandon everything you had been engaged with.
A consultant had been engaged to assist with that problem.
Those were the years in which he had been engaged in studies.
He had been engaged in the salt trade.

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During history the inhabitants had been engaged in the production of pottery.
I had been engaged to sing at various intervals.
Joyce resigned after revelations that he had been engaged in an extramarital affair.
They had been engaged once.
She thought often of the man to whom she had been engaged.
The merchantmen had been engaged in the evacuation of refugees.
He had been trying to phone me but my phone had been engaged.
The two had been engaged for about a year.
He then married the lady to whom he had been engaged for four years.
He had been engaged three times.
The police at that time had been engaged in their march west.
He had been engaged in this kind of work for four years.
Several staff members accused of misconduct had been suspended and disciplinary procedures had been engaged.
Consulting services had been engaged to review the wage structure.
Completely disengage from normal life and abandon everything you had been engaged with.
Locals in the past had been engaged in agriculture and pasturage.
He did not even know Finn had been engaged.
Zaire had been engaged in a democratic process for about six years.
Christina and Jason had been engaged at one point.
That he had been engaged in some private expedition of plunder is probable enough.
For many years Sweden and China had been engaged in dialogue and cooperation.
We had been engaged in spiritual warfare for the past ten days.
Nick Downie completed filming of the documentary he and Lord Richard had been engaged in.
The two had been engaged.
Before the airstrike, the girl had been engaged.
The vessel had been engaged in supplying gas oil to fishing vessels.
The Agent disputed the allegation that the Monte Confurco had been engaged in illegal fishing.
In the past locals had been engaged in pasturage and livestock breeding.
Prior to the murder, the author and the deceased had been engaged in an argument.
An attorney had been engaged for the tribe during the negotiations.
Until the nineteenth century, the inhabitants had been engaged in pastoral activities.
Cowen had been engaged by an entity that was acquired in a stock for stock transaction.
Once upon a time I had been engaged to Jane.
Flinders had been engaged for three months in the exploration of the coast.
Two weeks ago I had been engaged in.

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