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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of embroil.

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  • adjective deeply involved especially in something complicated

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Examples

  • The "action" in which Marlowe always becomes embroiled is fun to read, perhaps even keeps us reading, but for me such action adds little to my perception of him as a character, which is also always being reinforced by the way in which he describes this action to us.

    Style in Fiction 2009

  • And thus I found myself once again embroiled in the Where's The Change debate, despite having gone through it with two other teenagers.

    When a Child 'Forgets' to Give You Change Stephen Kreider Yoder 2010

  • I only hear her name embroiled in controversy and she is nowhere to be found.

    Suggested Push-Back On Lipstick-Gate 2009

  • And by "embroiled," I mean he has sex with the wife and the mistress.

    Archive 2009-09-27 2009

  • Attorney John Moses, standing in for Acerra's lawyer, who was said to be in Texas, railed that the Bristol County District Attorney's Office is becoming "embroiled" in a "political" case in Taunton that bears no relevance to the latest nine-year-old allegations.

    The Taunton Gazette Home RSS 2009

  • "embroiled" the ANCWL -- was the last in a series of incidents that had given rise to their resignations.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • In Pakistan, the issue has become embroiled in widespread anti-Americanism and suspicions, fanned by the Pakistani media and used for political advantage, that U.S. spies and intelligence contractors are secretly operating in the country.

    U.S.-Pakistan relations strained further with case of jailed diplomat Karen DeYoung 2011

  • Contrast that with Big East behemoth U-Conn, embroiled in recruiting controversies.

    Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011

  • Contrast that with Big East behemoth U-Conn, embroiled in recruiting controversies.

    Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011

  • In Pakistan, the issue has become embroiled in widespread anti-Americanism and suspicions, fanned by the Pakistani media and used for political advantage, that U.S. spies and intelligence contractors are secretly operating in the country.

    U.S.-Pakistan relations strained further with case of jailed diplomat Karen DeYoung 2011

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