Example sentences for: enlists

How can you use “enlists” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The magazine enlists 22 pundits to opine about the president's acquittal.

  • Albert Brooks' new film--which he directed, co-wrote, and stars in--is "good but not great Brooks" (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). The plot: A screenwriter (Brooks) has lost his edge, and he enlists the aid of a muse (Sharon Stone) to inspire him.

  • The stage hypnotist, who appears to be controlling his subjects, first enlists their cooperation by asking for volunteers, and then picks subjects who can use hypnosis easily.

  • AOL enlists 14,000 volunteers patrollers who delete 'offensive' messages from chat rooms and message boards and assign demerits to their authors.

  • Anthony Hopkins plays the zillionaire communications baron whom Death enlists in the hope of understanding the human condition--an odd choice for a tour guide, since most people's condition doesn't involve personal helicopters, sprawling mansions on Long Island Sound, or Manhattan apartments that sport Olympic-size swimming pools.


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