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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When Joe Biden was president, the relationship was very enmeshed, right?
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
As long as their parent is cognitively sharp and not enmeshed in a romance scam, the size and scope of an inheritance is entirely up to the parent.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
He is enmeshed in the consequences of the gross blunder he made by going to war assuming an easy victory.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Financial Times said Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is working on a plan to take over Jefferies, which is enmeshed in the First Brands bankruptcy.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
There is a trap here that has enmeshed medicine for all the millennia of its professional existence.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
