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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Nikola was a hot startup and rising star on Wall Street before becoming enmeshed in scandal and its founder was convicted in 2022 for misleading investors about the Arizona company's technology.
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CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
As Musk attempts a $97.4 billion hostile takeover of Altman’s OpenAI, the pair are following the same bros-to-foes arc — co-founders of OpenAI back in 2015 when Altman was a 20-something entrepreneur (like a young Kendrick opening for Drake) who soon became enmeshed in a rift.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
The Night Agent upped the ante in its second outing, with Peter becoming enmeshed in a chemical weapons threat and (gulp) unwittingly swaying a presidential election that sends his moral compass spinning.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
One final Biden controversy Former President Biden, leaving office with some of the lowest approval ratings of any recent president, got enmeshed in one final controversy.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
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CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
As Musk attempts a $97.4 billion hostile takeover of Altman’s OpenAI, the pair are following the same bros-to-foes arc — co-founders of OpenAI back in 2015 when Altman was a 20-something entrepreneur (like a young Kendrick opening for Drake) who soon became enmeshed in a rift.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
The Night Agent upped the ante in its second outing, with Peter becoming enmeshed in a chemical weapons threat and (gulp) unwittingly swaying a presidential election that sends his moral compass spinning.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
One final Biden controversy Former President Biden, leaving office with some of the lowest approval ratings of any recent president, got enmeshed in one final controversy.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Jan. 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 3 Mar. 2025.
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enmesh
verb
en·mesh
in-ˈmesh 
: to entangle in or as if in meshes
was enmeshed in a series of disputes
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