How to Use embroil in a Sentence

embroil

verb
Definition of embroilnext
Synonyms for embroilnext
  • The new drug has been embroiled in controversy.
  • His stand on this issue has embroiled him in controversy.
  • They were embroiled in a complicated lawsuit.
  • She is placed in the office of Gye Ji-ung (Choi Jin-hyuk), and embroiled in the search to find the killer of both his mother and her aunt.
    — Geoffrey Bunting, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The move comes as the couple are embroiled in several lawsuits with the U.K. press.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The sport couldn’t afford for Ohtani to be embroiled in a gambling scandal.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
  • This isn’t the first time that Perry has been embroiled in a legal battle over a home.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
  • They have been embroiled in a contentious divorce and child custody case for the past two years.
    — Dave Altimari, courant.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • And that land is part of a larger plot embroiled in a zoning battle brought by Frank.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The two rappers have been embroiled in a rap beef since earlier this year.
    — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 5 July 2024
  • She and Fotis were embroiled in a nasty divorce and custody battle at the time.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Syria has been embroiled in a civil war since March 2011.
    — Patrick Dehahn, Quartz, 22 June 2019
  • Duma has been embroiled in a quite a few controversies in the past year.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Apr. 2019
  • While the group downed glasses of alcohol, Lim was seen embroiled in a fight with a woman at the party.
    — Time, 21 June 2023
  • There’s also the news that Tish Cyrus and her daughter, Noah, were embroiled in a lurid love triangle.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 June 2024
  • Bell has been embroiled in controversy over the past few years.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Mnuchin earlier urged China to rejoin talks on the dispute that has embroiled the two largest economies in a trade war.
    — Washington Post, 9 June 2019
  • Punk still needs to feud with Seth Rollins at some point, but he is embroiled in a feud with Bronson Reed and could be headed for a persona change.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Five cities embroiled in suits brought by Thomas More then abandoned their support for the boxes and the cases were dismissed.
    — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Evans belongs in over Dave Parker, who might have been the best player in the game in the late ’70s but wasted much of his prime out of shape and embroiled in scandal.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2019
  • This wouldn’t be the first time Peloton or iFit has been embroiled in patent wars over technology.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Airlines are embroiled in a fare war, with the number of seats on transcontinental routes at an all-time high.
    — Scott McCartney, WSJ, 8 May 2019
  • For those embroiled in the actual struggle in Hong Kong, the stakes couldn't be higher, sometimes coming down to life and death.
    — Michael Ordoña, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • In recent years, the youngest Hilton son has been embroiled in controversies.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
  • This team struggled last season and is embroiled in a gambling scandal at the moment.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Wills wasn’t the only one left confused and embroiled by Newsom’s statement.
    — Erika Stalder, refinery29.com, 10 May 2020
  • El Geneina first became embroiled in the current Sudan conflict in late April.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 16 Aug. 2023
  • So much of the history of black literature has been embroiled in the debates about whether one is a writer and what race has to do with it.
    — Thomas Gebremedhin, WSJ, 20 June 2019
  • As Sam explained to Sarah, Sam saw his pub closed down, became embroiled in a bitter legal dispute with the building’s owner, and was left with the sense he had been excluded from the local community.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • This means that instead of simplicity, customers become embroiled in a very low-agility, low-visibility, slow process that is costly in terms of both time and money.
    — Jeppe Rindom, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024

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