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 president has a long-standing friendship with Larry Ellison, and his son-in-law is enmeshed in the financing of the Paramount bid.
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
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With their school district enmeshed in culture war issues in recent years, voters in the Johnson and Miami county communities of Gardner and Edgerton on Tuesday voted in possibly two more liberal-leaning voices to the Gardner Edgerton School Board.
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
The Night Agent upped the ante in its second outing, with Peter getting enmeshed in a chemical weapons threat and unwittingly swaying a presidential election that sends his moral compass spinning.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
With their school district enmeshed in culture war issues in recent years, voters in the Johnson and Miami county communities of Gardner and Edgerton on Tuesday voted in possibly two more liberal-leaning voices to the Gardner Edgerton School Board.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
His more conservative Viking colleagues questioned the project’s merits; Cowley was enmeshed in its difficulties.
—Michael Gorra, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Enmesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enmesh. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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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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