enmesh
- to catch, as in a net; entangle: He was enmeshed by financial difficulties.
Origin of enmesh
Related Words for enmeshed
entangle, embroil, ensnare, entrap, implicate, snare, hook, incriminate, trammel, snarl, trap, catch, net, tangleExamples from the Web for enmeshed
Contemporary Examples of enmeshed
She explored the notions of purity and virginity and how they are enmeshed with contracts, property and individual rights.
He's enmeshed in a scheme that could send him to jail and cost him the love of Lenka.
The 42nd president was enmeshed in two other State of the Union dramas.
But learning itself is kick-started when enmeshed and inseparable from what a child inherently loves.
Because they've been on every side they get enmeshed with the guy who ended up on the wrong side.
Historical Examples of enmeshed
Then, after the editor is under obligations, favors are asked and the editor is enmeshed.
Commercialism and JournalismHamilton Holt
He cast the garment so that it enmeshed the sword when next it was advanced.
St. Martin's SummerRafael Sabatini
Detective Crowley was enmeshed in a mystery which he could not solve just then.
Joan of Arc of the North WoodsHolman Day
But the more she tossed the tighter she enmeshed herself in the web.
The Adventures of Maya the BeeWaldemar Bonsels
The memory of her beauty was like a net which enmeshed his thoughts when he tried to escape it.
VirginiaEllen Glasgow
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- (tr) to catch or involve in or as if in a net or snare; entangle