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
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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
Recent Examples on the Web
Trade issues have also become enmeshed with security concerns.
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Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Mucarsel-Powell, born in Ecuador, has spent decades enmeshed in South Florida’s Hispanic communities.
—Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
And a number of celebrities were also enmeshed in the debacle.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
That’s the driving force behind Synchronic, a movie in which a paramedic (Anthony Mackie) gets enmeshed in a mystery surrounding several people dying or being driven insane by an exotic new designer drug.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
In the 1980s, however, Cranston became enmeshed in a messy savings and loan scandal and made a very unsuccessful run for the White House while Republican Pete Wilson quietly represented the state.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
Brian Contreras | Los Angeles Times (TNS) If 2023 was the year that AI finally broke into the mainstream, 2024 could be the year it gets fully enmeshed in our lives — or the year the bubble bursts.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024
But for more than a decade, the former president has been enmeshed in a witness-tampering scandal in the country’s judicial system.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
He’s enmeshed in a web of criminal cases and civil inquiries.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2024
Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Mucarsel-Powell, born in Ecuador, has spent decades enmeshed in South Florida’s Hispanic communities.
—Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
And a number of celebrities were also enmeshed in the debacle.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
That’s the driving force behind Synchronic, a movie in which a paramedic (Anthony Mackie) gets enmeshed in a mystery surrounding several people dying or being driven insane by an exotic new designer drug.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
In the 1980s, however, Cranston became enmeshed in a messy savings and loan scandal and made a very unsuccessful run for the White House while Republican Pete Wilson quietly represented the state.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
Brian Contreras | Los Angeles Times (TNS) If 2023 was the year that AI finally broke into the mainstream, 2024 could be the year it gets fully enmeshed in our lives — or the year the bubble bursts.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024
But for more than a decade, the former president has been enmeshed in a witness-tampering scandal in the country’s judicial system.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
He’s enmeshed in a web of criminal cases and civil inquiries.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Enmesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enmesh. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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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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