enmesh
verb (used with object)
to catch, as in a net; entangle.
enmeshes
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present tense formof enmesh (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Writing to our senses as well as the characters enmeshes the viewers in Jimmy’s world, but Odenkirk’s pathos-soaked scoundrel makes the show breathe and kick.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2017
But what happens when it becomes harder and harder to tell the two apart -- where every attempt at definition just enmeshes us further?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2016
The Red Mass has generated criticism over the decades, in part for the extent to which it enmeshes the high court with church affairs, and some members of the Supreme Court also have their qualms.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2015
These contrasting paint textures give the works a firm foothold in reality and reward up-close viewing, which enmeshes the eye in both their spatial paradoxes and everyday moods.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2012
Soon will the sunbeams last radiant shining Trackless be hurled where the Autumn wind blows, Slumber enmeshes my soul and the darkness— Love, it is time for repose!
From Russian Lyrics by Martha Dickinson Bianchi
