embroglio
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of embroglio
Confused with embroil
Example Sentences
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I shall be free of this infernal embroglio.
From A Sheaf of Corn by Mann, Mary E.
To people in London the Venezuelan embroglio proved that the Kaiser had in mind smashing the Monroe Doctrine.
From A Journey Through France in War Time by Butler, Joseph G. (Joseph Green)
There were good reasons why Pitt and his colleagues should not commit themselves deeply to the Haytian embroglio.
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
The great Emma mine, worth two or three millions, became a power in our judicial embroglio.
From The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by Linn, William Alexander
Lord Clare considered and reconsidered the strange embroglio whilst refreshing his inner man with chicken-pasty for a long business talk with Castlereagh.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
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