enmesh
verb (used with object)
to catch, as in a net; entangle.
enmeshed
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past participleof enmesh.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof enmesh.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
enmeshverb (used with object)to catch, as in a net; entangle.
Example Sentences
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Heder didn’t want to disrupt the schooling of her two young children, ages 10 and 12, and has become too enmeshed in the area to want to leave it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
These two countries are longtime military and strategic allies, with deeply enmeshed economies and several thousand miles of minimally guarded border.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Writer-director Adam Meeks has set out to make a drama-documentary hybrid, and this is his simple opening gambit, accustoming us to seeing the characters he has created enmeshed in a world inhabited by real people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
I get the sense it’s not that enmeshed now.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
I wept as much for the glory of two voices so perfectly enmeshed as for the tragedy of the song.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
