How to Use enmesh in a Sentence

enmesh

verb
  • Then roots grow through and enmesh the fabric with the soil.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
  • It’s taken me a while to get to a place where my work and my life are enmeshed.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The two sides are now fully enmeshed in lawsuits and counter-lawsuits.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Houses have become cages, enmeshed in bars rising two or three floors.
    — Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The pair’s work and domestic lives are often enmeshed like this.
    — Kate Lloyd, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Trump does not want to get enmeshed in wars and would much rather focus on domestic reforms.
    — Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Mescal has been enmeshed in the Hollywood machine for a few short years.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Peering around their feet, the group noticed myriad pieces of trash enmeshed in the sand.
    — Tony Briscoe, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2019
  • These weeds are tougher to remove because their roots get enmeshed in the landscape fabric.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2026
  • In the two photo-gravures here, Miller’s body is enmeshed in white lines, as if turned on by the current.
    — Richard B. Woodward, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Dehlin started to doubt, and his life, enmeshed so tightly in the church, began to dissolve.
    — Sarah Scoles, Longreads, 8 June 2018
  • He got promoted three years later, to head coach, when the head coach who hired him got enmeshed in a scandal.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Choosing among these maps is a legal matter for the court but enmeshed with politics.
    — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Alford dove for a loose ball, became enmeshed with a Purdue player and was called for a foul.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2019
  • The pleasures of Obsession are fully enmeshed with the sins and the tragedy.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2023
  • And a number of celebrities were also enmeshed in the debacle.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
  • In Sudan, as well, a wider array of foreign powers is enmeshed than might have been the case some decades ago.
    — Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2023
  • The founders' ghosts live on in the attic, in dolls' bodies, and Maggie soon becomes enmeshed in their world.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 27 Feb. 2023
  • However, Bangladesh has long been enmeshed in Asia’s yaba trade.
    — Laignee Barron, Time, 29 May 2018
  • Gary became enmeshed in the book and publishing culture, much preferring it to the art world.
    — Ira Silverberg, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Eliza had been enmeshed in world-historical events through the careers of her father and her husband.
    — Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But this is not the first time Duplantis has been enmeshed in the preacher private plane debate.
    — Washington Post, latimes.com, 30 May 2018
  • But this is not the first time Duplantis has been enmeshed in the preacher private plane debate.
    — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., chicagotribune.com, 29 May 2018
  • The three leading Democrats are enmeshed in a torrid fight for their political lives.
    — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The announcement comes as the city is enmeshed in a debate over where and how Baltimore teens spend their free time.
    — Giana Han, baltimoresun.com, 5 June 2019
  • The two were enmeshed in an affair prior to Tammy Daybell’s death.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 May 2024
  • The tumbling prices dragged down stocks of companies enmeshed in the crypto industry.
    — Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The tumbling prices dragged down stocks of companies enmeshed in the crypto industry.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Richard, the protagonist, becomes enmeshed in the lives of a group of African migrants.
    — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 21 June 2023
  • Gucci has been enmeshed with the sport since the debut of its first tennis sneaker in 1977.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 30 June 2025

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