How do you use Enlists in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Enlists meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of enlist
Using Enlists
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of enlist
- In the example corpus, enlists often appears in combinations such as: enlists the, he enlists, she enlists.
Context around Enlists
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 12 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Enlists
- In this selection, "enlists" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anya, marlene, torres, smuggler, former and leading stand out and add context to how "enlists" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include anya enlists the aid and as maggie enlists her sworn. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "enlists" sits close to words such as abatement, abductions and absurdly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with enlists
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Anya enlists the aid of a dashing con man and a lovable ex-aristocrat. (14 words)
Sensing the threat, Braxton enlists outlaw Robert E. Lee Clayton (Brando) to deal with Logan first. (16 words)
Roshi enlists Puar’s help to train him to overcome these very shortcomings only two episodes later. (17 words)
In a bid to save themselves from ruin, the desperate couple enlists their friends Richard (Sewell) and Beth (Williams) to move Jessica’s body across London to her flat, so their prospective buyer doesn’t catch wind of the grisly event. (41 words)
The FBI enlists Chip Hanson, a newly minted tracker for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to get in the middle of a desperate and dangerous fight between the authorities, a vigilante and the reservation he calls home. (39 words)
The DLC takes place before the final fight with Supreme, where Sonic enlists the help of Sage and Eggman to turn the Cyber Corruption into a new power source, potentially leading to a different final boss and ending. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Along the way, he enlists the help of amnesiac blue reef fish Dorey, along with a motley crew of sea creatures to help find Nemo.
Anya enlists the aid of a dashing con man and a lovable ex-aristocrat.
In Boston, Marlene enlists smuggler Joel (Pedro Pascal) to escort teen Ellie (Bella Ramsey) -- who might be the key to a cure -- out of an oppressive quarantine zone and across the United States to a research facility.
In her quest to bring order and dignity to the court and reign in its colorful crew of oddballs, she enlists former night court district attorney Dan Fielding () to serve as the court's public defender.
In the small coastal town of Manzanillo, Costa Rica, filmmaker Kim Torres enlists the local teens and adolescents to share their stories, lies, and fantasies on the cusp of a cataclysmic event.
It is being created by Horatio's Garden, a charity which enlists leading designers to make garden sanctuaries to nurture patients' wellbeing after spinal injuries.
Later, Simone (Nash-Betts) enlists John Nolan (Fillion) to help her remodel Cutty's () garage into a living space, and Brendon (), ready to confess his feelings to Antoinette () discovers she has feelings for someone else.
On meeting them, Muriel enlists their help for a manga that she is making, and they agree to help her.
Roshi enlists Puar’s help to train him to overcome these very shortcomings only two episodes later.
Sensing the threat, Braxton enlists outlaw Robert E. Lee Clayton (Brando) to deal with Logan first.
She enlists the help of her friend Paloma, a seamstress, and Lamparilla, a barber, to overthrow the minister.
She gets pulled back in, however, when the mother of the killer’s only surviving victim enlists Clarice to help join her vigilante team, hunting murderers, serial killers, and sexual predators.
The DLC takes place before the final fight with Supreme, where Sonic enlists the help of Sage and Eggman to turn the Cyber Corruption into a new power source, potentially leading to a different final boss and ending.
The FBI enlists Chip Hanson, a newly minted tracker for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to get in the middle of a desperate and dangerous fight between the authorities, a vigilante and the reservation he calls home.
The trailer sets up the duo's journey into the heart of a Walker-infested New York City as Maggie enlists her sworn enemy to help her rescue her son, Herschel.
When Barry realizes that he inadvertently created a world without metahumans, he enlists the help of Supergirl and an older Batman to help defeat an imminent threat.
When Batgirl goes missing, Nightwing opts to look for her without Harley, so Harley enlists Batgirl's roommate to follow a lead into the mountains.
His path intersects with that of a preening industrialist, Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce), who enlists him to build a starkly modern community center.
In a bid to save themselves from ruin, the desperate couple enlists their friends Richard (Sewell) and Beth (Williams) to move Jessica’s body across London to her flat, so their prospective buyer doesn’t catch wind of the grisly event.
Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing con man and a lovable ex-aristocrat.
Common combinations with enlists
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- enlists the 28×
- he enlists 13×
- she enlists 10×
- enlists in 5×
- enlists their 4×
- enlists his 4×
- enlists her 3×
- who enlists 3×
- and enlists 3×
- anya enlists 2×