How to Use employ in a Sentence

employ

1 of 2 verb
  • 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.
  • Less lethal force such as a taser was not employed.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 24 May 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 4 Feb. 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2025
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2025
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
  • If available, employ your fog lights.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
  • This last method is one Faust often employs.
    — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The car wash used to employ about 15 people.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
  • Lillig is no longer employed in either of those roles.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 6 Nov. 2025
  • These are lessons that leaders should take to heart and employ much more today.
    — Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025

employ

2 of 2 noun
  • The league doesn’t hire, employ or fire those who work for a team.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 May 2026
  • Where do alien nerds find gainful employ?
    — Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Point is, the new owner has smart hockey people in his employ.
    — Mark Faller, azcentral, 19 June 2019
  • Again, the word ‘employ’ was used in the context of ownership.
    — Michael Isaac Stein, NOLA.com, 13 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Many fields of public health employ screening test strategies.
    — Popular Science, 18 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • This range can be affected by the type of flash the camera employs (see below).
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2023
  • And loving this world is a requirement to be in Mazzella’s employ.
    — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Not only does the streaming platform employ office workers, but stars too.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2021
  • That night was one of Cronin’s final evenings in the employ as the Anaheim Ducks’ head coach.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Readers could see if plague outbreaks were occurring close to their homes or places of employ and be better prepared.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 24 Apr. 2017
  • On the other side, the double wing offense the Blue Devils employ grinds down the clock.
    — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Combining the projects lets the city employ just one architect and one contractor.
    — Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2022
  • How long Dedmon remains under the Spurs' employ remains to be seen.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pierre Cardin is briefly in the employ of Schiaparelli.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Stores, restaurants and hotels – many of which employ workers who make lower wages, and therefore pay less in income taxes – now call the site home.
    — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The way that Lopez and others of her ilk employ empty, anti-racist dogma is more like magic than religion.
    — Grant Addison, Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Defense ramp-ups employ engineers, welders, and machinists.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 June 2026
  • 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
  • No one else — including the people in Alfie’s employ — actually shared the screen with them.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
  • To make your space more flexible, employ folding bistro chairs as extra seating should unexpected guests join your backyard soiree.
    — Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Early on specifically, how did you guys kind of employ that DIY approach?
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Five of the Sherpa killed in the 2014 avalanche were under the employ of Alpine Ascents.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2015
  • This was the conservative disposition at its best, in the employ of the Labour Party.
    — R.c., The Economist, 9 July 2019
  • However, a lack of financial resources forced him to seek the employ of the United States Navy.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 5 June 2019
  • McKay pokes fun at the end of the world the same way that progressives employ threats instead of making humanist appeals to reason.
    — Armond White, National Review, 12 Jan. 2022

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