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- adjective
tangled ortwisted together . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
enmesh .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective caught as if in a mesh
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Examples
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But while it is true that the United States is again enmeshed in controversial wars in Asia, the circumstances prompting the show's rebellious acts feel as if they bear only tangential resemblance to modern America.
The wonderfully unruly 'Hair' is still a blowout 42 years after its Broadway debut Peter Marks 2010
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By the time he was grown, I was again enmeshed in the school year calendar because of my job in the high school.
Moving Right Along 2006
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Patrick Kurp really touches upon the heart of the matter when he describes the Green cover, though; and, that word, "enmeshed," just seamlessly pulls the sleek synchro-feel of it all together, IMO.
Something I missed ... Frank Wilson 2008
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I have dim memories of other books being turned into ABC dramas, like perhaps Carrie's war by Nina Bawden, but they never overwrote the book - this one the book and the show are kind of enmeshed in my mind.
eglantine's cake 2008
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"enmeshed" and attempt to facilitate healthy separation and/or individuation.
Simi Valley Acorn 2010
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Life Partners has been enmeshed in controversy over whether it has provided inaccurately short estimates of how long the insured people are likely to live, a key part of the investment equation.
Life Partners' Auditor Quits, Withdraws Opinion on 2010 Results Mark Maremont 2011
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You dream division in your fall of soul enmeshed in brawn of stuff.
Archive 2009-07-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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You dream division in your fall of soul enmeshed in brawn of stuff.
The Lucifer Cantos 11/13 Hal Duncan 2009
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Since the end of the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, the United States has been more deeply enmeshed and invested in this region than anywhere else.
David Nassar: Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us and Why It Matters David Nassar 2010
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Since the end of the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, the United States has been more deeply enmeshed and invested in this region than anywhere else.
David Nassar: Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us and Why It Matters David Nassar 2010
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