embroglio

American  

[em-brohl-yoh] / ɛmˈbroʊl yoʊ /

noun

plural

embroglios

1. imbroglio.

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Etymology

Origin of embroglio

Confused with embroil

Example Sentences

So, among the many obligations that America owes to Washington, must be named this one of pushing Thomas Jefferson, the scholar and man of peace, into the political embroglio and shutting the door.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen by Hubbard, Elbert

Huggins is goin' to take all the chances of this embroglio.'

From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry

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

The grounds for my objection on that score will appear in the next chapter, which deals with the Missouri embroglio, as it was called.

From The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights by Hume, John F. (John Ferguson)

To this last embroglio thar is––an' could be––no deefense, Jack bein' so amiable that havin' trouble with him is like goin' to the floor with your own image in the glass.

From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert