How to Use employ in a Sentence

employ

1 of 2 verb
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  • I had to employ a lawyer to review the contract.
  • You should find better ways to employ your time.
  • The company is accused of employing questionable methods to obtain the contract.
  • It's a small company, employing a staff of only 20.
  • People the world over want to make and sell stuff in the U.S. and employ Americans to do it.
    — The Editors, National Review, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Dunn has since been removed from that program, the TSA said, and is no longer employed with Delta.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Court records show Donaldson had been employed with the city since 2005.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Wade had worked as a dancer on cruise ships and was employed on one at the time of the investigation.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
  • But the number of those farms is likely in the thousands since many employ only one or two workers.
    — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The problem arose when groups started employing it as a hate-speech code instead.
    — Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Berk employs this method to think of a room in terms of the five senses and trying to ground readers in finding items to fill their space that are able to activate the senses.
    — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The Choctaw School District employs five Choctaw officers for every home game.
    — Paradise Afshar, CNN, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Many productions also employ fewer writers than were on staff in the past.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
  • In this new lawsuit, Jane Doe is suing both Allen and his bodyguard, as well as the company that was employing the bodyguard, at the time.
    — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 9 June 2023
  • The labor force is the total number of people employed and unemployed.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
  • This is a tactic vendors of all sizes can employ to make returns somewhat more predictable.
    — Heather Hoover-Salomon, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Under the order, dated Wednesday, Norway will be able to employ up to 27 locals.
    — Eve Sampson, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Those crimes went unsolved for 33 years, during which time he was employed at the Tunbridge Wells Hospital, in Pembury.
    — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • No one currently employed by the company could be reached for comment.
    — Abigail Geiger, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2023
  • To handle heftier loads comfortably, the pack employs a close-to-body carry design.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2024
  • George was employed as a principal with West Fargo Public Schools.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024
  • There’s some hope for truth seekers, as Google says the metadata will note whether Magic Editor was employed.
    — WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The number of people employed by state prisons fell in 2022 to its lowest point in more than two decades, according to U.S. census data.
    — Justin Mayo Taylor Glascock, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The workers with blue badges were employed directly by Amazon, a co-worker explained.
    — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Some leaf rakes use a thinner build or employ a staggered, dual-tine system to help maneuver between the shrubs.
    — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Confusing tactics were employed to teach children how to read.
    — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Advice Dear Amy: My coworkers and I are employed by a doctor in a small successful practice.
    — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2023
  • The brand is also proud to employ traditional methods of design to create pieces that evoke the brand’s ethos driven by a sense of optimism for the future.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 8 Nov. 2023
  • This was the era of debutante balls for which fantasy gowns employing couture techniques were de rigueur, and Lowe acquired these skills early on.
    — Shelcy Joseph, Essence, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Pumice and volcanic ash were employed by Mesoamericans when constructing the still-standing city of El Tajin in Mexico about 1,000 years ago.
    — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
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employ

2 of 2 noun
  • Eve has now left that, so Eve is no longer in her employ.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Five of the Sherpa killed in the 2014 avalanche were under the employ of Alpine Ascents.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2015
  • Again, the word ‘employ’ was used in the context of ownership.
    — Michael Isaac Stein, NOLA.com, 13 Nov. 2020
  • On the other side, the double wing offense the Blue Devils employ grinds down the clock.
    — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Carmontelle was a creative polymath in the employ of the young, fun-lovin’ Duke of Chartres.
    — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020
  • In the old days, the FAA had armies of aviation engineers in its employ.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Apr. 2019
  • This range can be affected by the type of flash the camera employs (see below).
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Point is, the new owner has smart hockey people in his employ.
    — Mark Faller, azcentral, 19 June 2019
  • But his victims were wild horses and his killing was done in the employ of the Province of British Columbia.
    — I.p. Calliston, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Others in her circle may be anxious about what the people in their employ will say about them.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 26 July 2023
  • The Englishman probably found himself in the employ of the Mongol Empire by some point in the 1230s.
    — Nicholas Morton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2023
  • And loving this world is a requirement to be in Mazzella’s employ.
    — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Teams would spread it out, employ centers as defense-first space eaters, and fire off threes at volume.
    — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2023
  • However, a lack of financial resources forced him to seek the employ of the United States Navy.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 5 June 2019
  • Now in the employ of the Brooklyn Nets, Durant could miss the entire upcoming season.
    — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 19 July 2019
  • How long Dedmon remains under the Spurs' employ remains to be seen.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Weary of touring, Mr. Crowe left Mr. Martin’s employ in 1961.
    — New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021
  • And as of Tuesday evening, Mr. Cuomo had few supporters left, aside from those in his employ.
    — New York Times, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The most pointed reaction came from Michael Dickson, the former punter now in the employ of the Seattle Seahawks.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Louisa De Genero founded the spot in 1981, after years under the employ of Pizzeria Due.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The cruise industry gets knocked around for the long hours and often hectic conditions of the people in its employ.
    — Michael Ian Black, New York Times, 3 July 2018
  • This was the conservative disposition at its best, in the employ of the Labour Party.
    — R.c., The Economist, 9 July 2019
  • So Mando goes back to work as a bounty hunter in the unofficial employ of the New Republic.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Pierre Cardin is briefly in the employ of Schiaparelli.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 1 July 2022
  • Combining the projects lets the city employ just one architect and one contractor.
    — Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2022
  • This is a vision of the nation that has been sold to us by a generation of politicians who talk brave and act gutless, and by the carny shills in the employ of the industries of death.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 2 Oct. 2017
  • With technology, the Newbys employ about 13 people in their farming business, and the crops are hi-tech.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al.com, 14 July 2019
  • Many fields of public health employ screening test strategies.
    — Popular Science, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Then there’s the third problem of Oscar Rivi’s cannabis deal, which is put in jeopardy by his hair-trigger temper and the fates of three street dealers under his employ.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Ryan Murphy is throwing out a lifeline to help past and present cast and crews under his employ that need financial assistance during Hollywood’s dual strikes.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023

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