Definition of ENMESH

Examples of enmesh in a Sentence

soon after Eli Whitney had invented it, others copied his cotton gin, and he spent the rest of his life enmeshed in lawsuits trying to protect his invention

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The October vote is the first presidential election following a sprawling graft probe known as Operation Car Wash that has enmeshed most of Brazil’s political leadership. — Paulo Trevisani, WSJ, "Wide Open Election Season Kicks Off in Scandal-Plagued Brazil," 20 July 2018 The book’s heartbreaking climax doesn’t make the questions or answers any easier to swallow, and Mr. Orange leaves the reader enmeshed and hypnotized. — WSJ, "Who Read What in 2018: Actors and Entertainers," 10 Dec. 2018 So if the first year and a half of the Trump administration has been enmeshed in confusion and chaos, QAnon is the conspiratorial response: Everything is fine. — Jane Coaston, Vox, "#QAnon, the scarily popular pro-Trump conspiracy theory, explained," 1 Aug. 2018 Dehlin started to doubt, and his life, enmeshed so tightly in the church, began to dissolve. — Sarah Scoles, Longreads, "Meet the New Mormons," 8 June 2018 Civilians have been enmeshed over the years in the conflict which has killed over 10,000, crippled the country's health system and pushed it to the brink of famine. — Ahmed Al-haj And Menna Zaki, Fox News, "Yemen's Shiite rebels welcome UN call for Saudi strike probe," 10 Aug. 2018 Even today, Flame Tokay is enmeshed in Lodi’s identity: One local school is called Tokay High School; the rival institution, Lodi High, calls its athletic teams the Flames. — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, "Why is star winemaker Tegan Passalacqua building a winery in Lodi?," 20 May 2018 Josh Raffel, a White House spokesman who has been deeply enmeshed in contacts with Israel, announced his resignation last week. — Noga Tarnopolsky, latimes.com, "Netanyahu begins visit to U.S., putting aside personal and political troubles at home," 5 Mar. 2018 They are enmeshed in a complex relationship that will continue indefinitely. — Andrew Kennedy, Washington Post, "Trump takes aim at China’s tech sector. That could hurt U.S. innovation.," 11 June 2018

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