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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
embroil .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective deeply involved especially in something complicated
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Examples
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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
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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
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I only hear her name embroiled in controversy and she is nowhere to be found.
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And by "embroiled," I mean he has sex with the wife and the mistress.
Archive 2009-09-27 2009
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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.
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"embroiled" the ANCWL -- was the last in a series of incidents that had given rise to their resignations.
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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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Contrast that with Big East behemoth U-Conn, embroiled in recruiting controversies.
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011
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Contrast that with Big East behemoth U-Conn, embroiled in recruiting controversies.
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011
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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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