Example Sentences

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What this weird ensnarement depicts, to my mind, is the impulse to pry into desperation.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

Even the ensnarement of a pope in the culture of coverup is not new.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2022

Even the Monroe Doctrine was an attempt to avoid ensnarement in old world rivalries, without capping America’s own regional influence.

From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2022

The title is a reference to sticky black gaffer tape—a metaphor for frustrating ensnarement.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 19, 2018

He was more cruel than Prosper, rougher, necessarily more dramatic, but there was all the 206 essence of the original drama, the ensnarement of a simple, direct mind by a complex and skillful one.

From The Branding Iron by Burt, Katharine Newlin