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Six example sentences with enlist, each labelled with its topic.
The first twenty minutes follow three friends who enlist together in 1917 and are sent to different regiments anyway.
Movies
The narrator enlists at eighteen mostly to escape a farm, and the novel never pretends the reason was noble.
Literature
Many staff photographers enlisted in 1942 and spent the war documenting supply lines rather than combat.
Photography
Several college stars chose to enlist in 1942, and the tournament that spring featured teams of freshmen and reserves.
Basketball
The bandleader enlisted in the air force and spent the war leading a service orchestra rather than touring.
Music
The minister proposed a bonus for anyone who would enlist for four years, hoping to close a shortage of recruits.
Politics
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- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
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