- present participle of entrap.
entrapping
Example Sentences
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In dressing rooms, a size-XS shirt would go over my head instead of entrapping me like a straitjacket.
From Slate • Jul. 20, 2024
Many pits were active over thousands of years, entrapping countless animals whose remains muddled together.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023
Nevertheless, the lies, deceptions and sudden strokes of honesty and performative goodwill have become so frequent as to be inseparable at this point, entrapping Sarah in a perpetual guessing game.
From Salon • Aug. 8, 2021
In addition to entrapping fellow male cicadas, the infected males also go after female cicadas, UConn said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2020
After a brief conference, it was arranged, in compliance with the Earl of Salisbury's wishes, that if they failed in entrapping the conspirators, nothing should be said about the matter.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
