Example Sentences

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"And I think it would be wise if you didn't tell your friend, the doctor, that I am employing you."

From The Green Rust by Wallace, Edgar

I am employing all my leisure time in the prosecution of my studies.

From The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada by Hodgins, J. George (John George)

"I assure you I am employing my life in a very agreeable manner just now," answered Owen, resting on his elbow, and glancing up from under the shadow of his straw hat.

From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

I was brought up by my father, I must tell you, in a fashion totally different from that I am employing with my son.

From A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta by Boothby, Guy

While the peacemakers are gone I am employing time in reading Smith's 'Bible Dictionary,' and calculating different positions which have stood over in travelling.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace