noun
engagement
CEFR B2
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
In a sentence
Six example sentences with engagement, each labelled with its topic.
The engagement at Trafalgar lasted a single afternoon, yet it settled naval policy for the following century.
History
The director staged the engagement between the two fleets with model ships, and audiences never noticed the tank behind them.
Movies
The tutorial mission ends with a brief engagement against three patrol ships, which the game lets you lose harmlessly.
Gaming
The museum's largest canvas shows a naval engagement off Cape St Vincent, with smoke hiding half the ships.
Art
Tolstoy describes the engagement at Schongrabern through a young officer who cannot see more than fifty yards.
Literature
News of the brief border engagement reached the capital overnight, and the cabinet met before dawn to draft a statement.
Politics
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