EMPLOYMENT in a Sentence

Learn EMPLOYMENT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

347 example sentences for EMPLOYMENT, such as:

1. She could not have outside employment.
2. She was offered employment in the sales office.
3. The figures represent a general decline in employment.
4. A degree is prerequisite for employment at this level.
5. Older people are an untapped resource in the employment market.

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 Meanings and Examples of EMPLOYMENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
employment
 n.  act of employing or using
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He led a giggling class through the prisons, the charity bureaus, the employment agencies of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  She could not have outside employment.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
3  She did not, she said, want charity for them, but a chance of self-help; an employment bureau, direction in washing babies and making pleasing stews, possibly a municipal fund for home-building.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  She felt in it satisfaction of a kind which no other employment afforded her.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In V
5  Among these was one of the special policemen employed by Durham, whose duty it frequently was to pick out men for employment.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
6  For every one that Jurgis spoke to assured him that it was a waste of time to seek employment for the old man in Packingtown.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
7  If they all combined, they would have enough to make the first payment; and if they had employment, so that they could be sure of the future, it might really prove the best plan.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
8  So Ona began thinking of seeking employment herself, saying that if she had even ordinarily good luck, she might be able to take two months off the time.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
9  Thousands of them came to Chicago answering advertisements for "servants" and "factory hands," and found themselves trapped by fake employment agencies, and locked up in a bawdy-house.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
10  The latest straggler had returned from his fell employment, only to strip himself of the terrific emblems of his bloody calling, and to join in the lamentations of his countrymen, as a stricken people.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
11  But it was by no means an easy employment; for in nothing was Colonel Lloyd more particular than in the management of his horses.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
12  In my new employment, I found myself even more awkward than a country boy appeared to be in a large city.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
13  But to return to Mr. Freeland, and to my experience while in his employment.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
14  My treatment, while in his employment, was heavenly, compared with what I experienced at the hands of Mr. Edward Covey.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
15  Their reason for this, as alleged, was, that if free colored carpenters were encouraged, they would soon take the trade into their own hands, and poor white men would be thrown out of employment.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
Example Sentence: (137 in 10 pages)
16  The company was one of the first to offer meaningful employment to the blind.
17  The company tried to cover up its employment of illegal immigrants.
18  A degree is prerequisite for employment at this level.
19  The council is encouraging the development of the property for both employment and recreation.
20  Her remarks on the employment question led to a heated discussion.
21  He accused ministers of conniving with foreign companies to tear up employment rights.
22  They said they will cooperate with labor and business to increase employment.
23  The Labor Department will release delayed December employment data tomorrow morning.
24  Older people are an untapped resource in the employment market.
25  She was offered employment in the sales office.
26  The act of obtaining unsubsidized employment for or by a participant.
27  He had a written employment contract, but it did not refer to his place of work.
28  The figures represent a general decline in employment.
29  Tests have shown that women are more likely to respond to unbiased employment advertisements.
30  Ships were registered abroad to circumvent employment and safety regulation.