had embroiled
- past perfect of embroil.
Example Sentences
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Intervening in the Florida attorney general’s dormant case, he claimed that Oesterlund had embroiled Pursglove’s company in a fraud against the people of Florida.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2016
Last week those deaths had embroiled the Jerusalem government in an increasingly bitter controversy that included charges of a cover-up.
From Time Magazine Archive
By so doing they had embroiled themselves with the Imperial Ministry, and drawn down upon themselves the indignation of persons of moderate views.
From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by Dent, John Charles
Thus, by a process similar to that which had embroiled Edward with his French overlord, the King of Scots also was forced to face the alternative of certain war or humiliating surrender.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William
He spoke to me even of his differences with the Abbé de Montesquiou, complaining of the sallies and whims which had embroiled them to the detriment of the King's service.
From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by Cole, John William
