How to Use embroil in a Sentence

embroil

verb

• The new drug has been embroiled in controversy.
• His stand on this issue has embroiled him in controversy.
• They were embroiled in a complicated lawsuit.
• She is placed in the office of Gye Ji-ung (Choi Jin-hyuk), and embroiled in the search to find the killer of both his mother and her aunt.
  — Geoffrey Bunting, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
• The move comes as the couple are embroiled in several lawsuits with the U.K. press.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 8 Jan. 2020
• The sport couldn’t afford for Ohtani to be embroiled in a gambling scandal.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
• This isn’t the first time that Perry has been embroiled in a legal battle over a home.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
• They have been embroiled in a contentious divorce and child custody case for the past two years.
  — Dave Altimari, courant.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• And that land is part of a larger plot embroiled in a zoning battle brought by Frank.
  — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2020
• The two rappers have been embroiled in a rap beef since earlier this year.
  — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 5 July 2024
• She and Fotis were embroiled in a nasty divorce and custody battle at the time.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
• Syria has been embroiled in a civil war since March 2011.
  — Patrick Dehahn, Quartz, 22 June 2019
• While the group downed glasses of alcohol, Lim was seen embroiled in a fight with a woman at the party.
  — Time, 21 June 2023
• There’s also the news that Tish Cyrus and her daughter, Noah, were embroiled in a lurid love triangle.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 June 2024
• Bell has been embroiled in controversy over the past few years.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2023
• Punk still needs to feud with Seth Rollins at some point, but he is embroiled in a feud with Bronson Reed and could be headed for a persona change.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
• Five cities embroiled in suits brought by Thomas More then abandoned their support for the boxes and the cases were dismissed.
  — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 1 Mar. 2023
• Evans belongs in over Dave Parker, who might have been the best player in the game in the late ’70s but wasted much of his prime out of shape and embroiled in scandal.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2019
• This wouldn’t be the first time Peloton or iFit has been embroiled in patent wars over technology.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 9 Mar. 2023
• For those embroiled in the actual struggle in Hong Kong, the stakes couldn't be higher, sometimes coming down to life and death.
  — Michael Ordoña, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2019
• In recent years, the youngest Hilton son has been embroiled in controversies.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
• This team struggled last season and is embroiled in a gambling scandal at the moment.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2023
• Wills wasn’t the only one left confused and embroiled by Newsom’s statement.
  — Erika Stalder, refinery29.com, 10 May 2020
• El Geneina first became embroiled in the current Sudan conflict in late April.
  — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 16 Aug. 2023
• Kent and Emmett are now embroiled in a custody dispute over their daughter Ocean, now 2.
  — Alicia Rancilio, Fortune, 7 June 2023
• Keaton and Wright may have been embroiled in a neighborhood conflict, Cicero said.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 15 July 2019
• Europe is embroiled in war, with other conflicts raging around the world.
  — Chandran Nair, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2023
• The bridge district is embroiled in legal squabbles with the contractor.
  — John Branch Jim Wilson, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
• Syria has been embroiled in a bloody, nearly 14-year civil war as Islamist rebels looked to overthrow the Assad dynasty.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
• But Europe’s two biggest powers are embroiled in domestic troubles.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024