ensnarement
Example Sentences
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What this weird ensnarement depicts, to my mind, is the impulse to pry into desperation.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
Even the ensnarement of a pope in the culture of coverup is not new.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2022
Even the Monroe Doctrine was an attempt to avoid ensnarement in old world rivalries, without capping America’s own regional influence.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
The title is a reference to sticky black gaffer tape—a metaphor for frustrating ensnarement.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 19, 2018
He was more cruel than Prosper, rougher, necessarily more dramatic, but there was all the 206 essence of the original drama, the ensnarement of a simple, direct mind by a complex and skillful one.
From The Branding Iron by Katharine Newlin Burt
