was embroiling

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of embroil.
  embroil

  verb (used with object)

  to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife.

Related Words

• enmesh
• ensnare
• entangle
• implicate
• involve
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