ensnared; ensnaring; ensnares
: to take in or as if in a snare
Examples of ensnare in a Sentence
The animals got ensnared in the net.
The police successfully ensnared the burglar.
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—The Editors, National Review, 19 May 2025
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—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 13 May 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Harper, June 10 Image King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
The best-selling Southern crime novelist returns with a gripping story about a finance manager who, while visiting his injured father in Virginia, becomes slowly ensnared in his brother’s dangerous dealings with a vicious drug syndicate.
—Laura Thompson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The Trump administration has been ensnared in a Lilliputian thicket of nationwide injunctions almost since the moment that Donald Trump was sworn in and began issuing executive orders.
—The Editors, National Review, 19 May 2025
Cotton’s Chips Security Act would ensnare Nvidia’s top-tier RTX 4090 and the RTX 5090 graphics cards for consumers.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 13 May 2025
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“Ensnare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ensnare. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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ensnare
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en·snare
in-ˈsna(ə)r 
-ˈsne(ə)r
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