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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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 June 2025
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 June 2025
Minnesota is both unique and yet fully enmeshed in the same political, cultural, and ideological battles gripping the nation.
—David Schultz, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
But there’s a sizable contingent of old media players including David Zaslav, fresh from announcing plans to split Warner Bros. Discovery in two, as well as Comcast’s Brian Roberts, who is already enmeshed in spinning off his own underperforming cable properties at NBCUniversal.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 June 2025
The story begins with horror: an impulsive act by an Upper West Side teen-ager named Lisa (Anna Paquin) leads to the accidental death of a pedestrian, enmeshing Lisa in high-stakes legal battles.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for enmesh
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“Enmesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enmesh. Accessed 1 Jul. 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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