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Definition of Embroiled
1. Adjective. Deeply involved especially in something complicated. "Felt unwilling entangled in their affairs"
Definition of Embroiled
1. Verb. (past of embroil) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embroiled
1. embroil [v] - See also: embroil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embroiled
Literary usage of Embroiled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... and for tho tint time were embroiled with one another in the affairs of the city.
But even when they had suffered in .Sicily tho loss of other forces, ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"... often embroiled with other learned men, and often quarrelling with his friends,
he seems to have passed a feverish arid unsatisfied life; ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale (1849)
"... and for the first time were embroiled with one another in the affairs of the
city. But even when they had suffered in Sicily the loss of other forces, ..."
4. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"and I am embroiled in a thousand affairs that I had resolved to avoid as long as
I lived. Say what you please, madam, we are pushed about by a superior hand ..."
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