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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Between 1500 and 1800, there was hardly a year when great powers weren’t enmeshed in some kind of war.
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
All the networks are enmeshed in related lawsuits against Lake and the White House.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 7 May 2025
Contrary to Trump’s sophomoric view of the world, America absolutely cannot go it alone; our industrial sectors are thoroughly enmeshed, as is our security cooperation.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
Everyone seems enmeshed with everyone else’s personal and professional lives: A patient lives with Jimmy; Jimmy is sleeping with his colleague, Gaby; Paul secretly treats Jimmy’s daughter; Jimmy’s neighbor starts a business with Jimmy’s patient.
—David E. Tolchinsky, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2025
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
All the networks are enmeshed in related lawsuits against Lake and the White House.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 7 May 2025
Contrary to Trump’s sophomoric view of the world, America absolutely cannot go it alone; our industrial sectors are thoroughly enmeshed, as is our security cooperation.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
Everyone seems enmeshed with everyone else’s personal and professional lives: A patient lives with Jimmy; Jimmy is sleeping with his colleague, Gaby; Paul secretly treats Jimmy’s daughter; Jimmy’s neighbor starts a business with Jimmy’s patient.
—David E. Tolchinsky, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Enmesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enmesh. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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enmesh
verb
en·mesh
in-ˈmesh 
: to entangle in or as if in meshes
was enmeshed in a series of disputes
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