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

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

The embroglio was of his making; it must be for him to get them out of the hobble.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis

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

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

I blamed myself for the embroglio: still, I would not say, even in the privacy of my own head, "If I hadn't trusted the girl so blindly!"

From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)