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Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-mesh
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈmɛʃ



Definition of enmesh

Origin :
  • c.1600, from en- (1) + mesh (v.). Related: Enmeshed; enmeshing.
  • verb involve in a situation
Example sentences :
  • He had no fear of the consequences of his attempt to enmesh Louise Treharne.
  • Extract from : « The Eddy » by Clarence L. Cullen
  • He was leading the way into a trap, long set, which was sure to enmesh its prey.
  • Extract from : « Wunpost » by Dane Coolidge
  • What misshapen gargantuan of nebulous formed flesh, hurls out its flood of darkness, the systems to enmesh.
  • Extract from : « Futuria Fantasia, Winter 1940 » by Ray Bradbury
  • I let my father do as he pleases; he daily seeks to enmesh me more and more in the affairs of the town, and I submit.
  • Extract from : « The Youth of Goethe » by Peter Hume Brown
  • Both must appear sad and joyless in the extreme, and enmesh the beholder in blackest pessimism.
  • Extract from : « William Blake » by Charles Gardner
  • If one man is to run a hedge round a pasture, the pasture must first be stripped of the rights of common which enmesh it.
  • Extract from : « The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century » by Richard Henry Tawney
  • Ross strove to enmesh them in the robe, using the pressure of his body to slam them all on the buttons and levers of the board.
  • Extract from : « Key Out of Time » by Andre Alice Norton
  • He maintained his position, and was condemned to death as a traitor, under the law which had been framed expressly to enmesh him.
  • Extract from : « Ten Tudor Statesmen » by Arthur D. Innes
  • All his anxiety was that Cesare should enmesh himself deep enough; and then—!
  • Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • If her behaviour had been designed to draw him on and enmesh him completely, it could not have been more effective.
  • Extract from : « The Honour of the Clintons » by Archibald Marshall

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