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Example sentences for: enlist

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The paper says he decided to enlist in the Army primarily because he didn't want to doom his anti-war father's Senate re-election bid and because he wanted to preserve his own political viability.
In February 1999, Tenet sought President Clinton's authorization to enlist Massoud and his forces as partners.
When Kovner tried to enlist support from Jewish authorities, they balked--some out of horror, some indifference.
It was cloudy, the temperature never got above 45 degrees Fahrenheit and, after listening to Gene proselytize about postal reform, I tried to enlist!
And where greater zealots might enlist "etiquette's weapon of disapproval" to try to restructure society and family life--sanctioning, say, births "out of what was sternly called wedlock"--Miss Manners demurs: "Miss Manners does not oppose the use of social pressure to encourage stable family life.