Embroiled Definition & Meaning

Examples of embroil in a Sentence

His stand on this issue has embroiled him in controversy. The new drug has been embroiled in controversy. They were embroiled in a complicated lawsuit.

Recent Examples on the Web But a severe weather forecast for the weekend could embroil travel plans. — Christine Chung, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022 For resellers, failing to weed out even one fake item can embroil them in a costly and damaging legal battle. — Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 21 May 2022 Two Bay Area lawmakers are leaders in the movement to not embroil the U.S. military in needless conflict. — Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2022 Several art world professionals were similarly gun-shy, citing the experience of the estate’s authentication committee and their fear that publicly weighing in could embroil them in a lawsuit with the paintings’ current owners. — New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022 Last week, Joe Biden tactlessly admitted that a minor incursion might embroil the U.S. in a fight with its allies about whether to do anything at all. — WSJ, 25 Jan. 2022 But Turley and Goldsmith both pointed out that prosecuting Bannon could embroil the department in partisan politics. — David Rohde, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2021 That same conversation will embroil coaches and programs in the playoff hunt, bringing unwanted distractions and attention as coaches preach the importance of remaining focused on the task at hand. — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2021 Bin Laden later put a post-facto gloss on the strategic failure of 9/11 by dressing it up as a great success and claiming the attacks were a fiendishly clever plot to embroil the US in costly wars in the Middle East. — Peter Bergen, CNN, 11 Sep. 2021 See More

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