How to Use enmesh in a Sentence

enmesh

verb
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  • In the two photo-gravures here, Miller’s body is enmeshed in white lines, as if turned on by the current.
    — Richard B. Woodward, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Being enmeshed on one front doesn’t guarantee it on others.
    — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Being enmeshed on one front doesn't guarantee it on others.
    — Carolyn Hax, Philly.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Amazon is still seeking new ways to enmesh itself further in its customers’ lives.
    — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Cameron is currently enmeshed in pre-production for the first two of four planned Avatar sequels.
    — Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The two were enmeshed in an affair prior to Tammy Daybell’s death.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 May 2024
  • No tweak to algorithms or processes can hope to fix a problem that seems enmeshed in the very fabric of Facebook.
    — Christopher Mims, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Complicit parties deeply enmeshed in the kind of power Weinstein wields cannot be counted on to risk their stake in it.
    — Vogue, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Tech giants like Apple and Facebook work to enmesh their customers in ecosystems that are difficult to escape from.
    — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
  • The idea was to build a network that looks a lot like bitcoin, but with a more egalitarian governance structure that would sidestep the kinds of fights that have enmeshed the bitcoin industry.
    — Paul Vigna, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Bryan R Smith/Reuters The world is enmeshed in a trade war.
    — Emily Flitter, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2019
  • The pleasures of Obsession are fully enmeshed with the sins and the tragedy.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Son Neil became enmeshed in the savings and loan scandals of the 1980s for his ties to a Denver bank.
    — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Mescal has been enmeshed in the Hollywood machine for a few short years.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The founders' ghosts live on in the attic, in dolls' bodies, and Maggie soon becomes enmeshed in their world.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The two sides are now fully enmeshed in lawsuits and counter-lawsuits.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Dehlin started to doubt, and his life, enmeshed so tightly in the church, began to dissolve.
    — Sarah Scoles, Longreads, 8 June 2018
  • Peering around their feet, the group noticed myriad pieces of trash enmeshed in the sand.
    — Tony Briscoe, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Plus the logistics of Buy Nothing are enmeshed with the way Facebook is set up.
    — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The pair’s work and domestic lives are often enmeshed like this.
    — Kate Lloyd, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Richard, the protagonist, becomes enmeshed in the lives of a group of African migrants.
    — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 21 June 2023
  • And by the end of 2013, the world’s newest nation was enmeshed in its own horrific civil war.
    — Fox News, 3 July 2019
  • In Sudan, as well, a wider array of foreign powers is enmeshed than might have been the case some decades ago.
    — Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2023
  • Alford dove for a loose ball, became enmeshed with a Purdue player and was called for a foul.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2019
  • The announcement comes as the city is enmeshed in a debate over where and how Baltimore teens spend their free time.
    — Giana Han, baltimoresun.com, 5 June 2019
  • But this is not the first time Duplantis has been enmeshed in the preacher private plane debate.
    — Washington Post, latimes.com, 30 May 2018
  • Express Scripts is struggling with the loss of Anthem, its biggest client, with which it too is enmeshed in a lawsuit.
    — Joseph Walker, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2018
  • And a number of celebrities were also enmeshed in the debacle.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
  • Houses have become cages, enmeshed in bars rising two or three floors.
    — Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The Siting Council is also deeply enmeshed in energy policy.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2024

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