How to use "employ" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "employ" in popular movie and book plots

  • Burdon and Porhoet employ a guide to take them there.  - The Magician (1926 film)
  • In desperation, they employ a professional choreographer named Sparky Polastri (Ian Roberts) to provide one, as suggested by Aaron.  - Bring It On (film)
  • The two employ Carlton Duquesne, a gangster, to provide protection.  - Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
  • The Mercenaries are officially the army of the US but are in fact in the employ of the Oligarchs.  - The Iron Heel
  • A significant aspect was the intention to employ Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll for a military rebellion in Scotland.  - Rye House Plot
  • Boyd also joins the employ of the Kennedy family, working on JFK's presidential campaign.  - American Tabloid
  • The game follows the story of Nova, a young ghost agent—a human espionage operative with psychic abilities—in the employ of the Dominion.  - StarCraft: Ghost
  • They now employ a number of servants, including an African American butler.  - Virginia (novel)
  • Under this system, members of society's higher strata employ servants to Practice their own possessions to perfection.  - The Practice Effect
  • Angry at Alice, the rabbit and his friend Pat the Pig try to employ Bill the Lizard to remove Alice by pulling her out the chimney.  - Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)
  • Rory agrees to the deal, but later learns that the drugs were stolen from people in his employ and were in fact his all along.  - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
  • Newcastle-born gangster Jack Carter has lived in London for years in the employ of organised crime bosses Gerald and Sid Fletcher.  - Get Carter
  • Their secret holy language is called Islamiyat, an ancient tongue the Bene Gesserit recognize and employ to elicit trust from the Tleilaxu.  - Bene Tleilax
  • It is eventually revealed that the glue recipe was developed by Virgil and another man under the direction and in the employ ofA.  - Alice Adams (novel)
  • Gifford was already in Walsingham's employ by the time Savage was going ahead with the plot, according to Conyers Read.  - Babington Plot
  • These three are in Humperdinck's employ and have been ordered to kill Buttercup once in Guilder, Florin's enemy, as a pretext to start a war.  - The Princess Bride (film)

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