ensnare
verb (used with object)
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare.
ensnares
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present tense formof ensnare (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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For someone like myself, who knows next to nothing about climbing, Krakauer powerfully elucidates the pull of a mountain like Everest and the trance-like state in which it ensnares its adversaries.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
The veteran character actor plays a man whose pilfering of a wallet ensnares him in more high-stakes criminality in this elegant autumnal caper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
For Myriam Gurba, fog is a condition that disorients and ensnares.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
Quite the contrary: It is a chronicle of how their hoop dreams are deferred at nearly every turn, and of how the big-money machinery of institutional basketball cares little for the people it ensnares.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
How it ensnares us, and then betrays us with its false visions of future bliss.
From The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family by A. R. Waud
