variants
or less commonly immesh
enmeshed also immeshed; enmeshing also immeshing; enmeshes also immeshes
: to catch or entangle in or as if in meshes
deeply enmeshed in the plot
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 Wireless festival has been enmeshed in controversy ever since West was announced as its headliner, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer voicing disapproval within days.
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Much of the country is now enmeshed in a brutal civil war, and security concerns meant voting in the recent election could be held in only 263 of the country’s 330 townships.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Those companies are entangled through investments in each other and rival AI companies, and are enmeshed in financial engineering.
—Ganesh Sitaraman, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
He got promoted three years later, to head coach, when the head coach who hired him got enmeshed in a scandal.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Much of the country is now enmeshed in a brutal civil war, and security concerns meant voting in the recent election could be held in only 263 of the country’s 330 townships.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Those companies are entangled through investments in each other and rival AI companies, and are enmeshed in financial engineering.
—Ganesh Sitaraman, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
He got promoted three years later, to head coach, when the head coach who hired him got enmeshed in a scandal.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Enmesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enmesh. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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enmesh
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en·mesh
in-ˈmesh 
: to entangle in or as if in meshes
was enmeshed in a series of disputes
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