How to Use embroil in a Sentence

embroil

verb
  • 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.
  • The charges are not the first time Molzan has been embroiled in a legal scandal.
    — Robert Downen, Houston Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • Boo-hoo, the poor Cubs, embroiled in decades of sub-standard baseball.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2018
  • 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
  • By the end of the play, the plot is embroiled in a domestic nightmare involving a gun.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • For the past year and a half, the family has been embroiled in a legal battle with Aledo ISD.
    — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • Since 2012, the city and the restoration group have been embroiled in a lawsuit over the city’s sale of the land where Meyer’s apartment complex is proposed.
    — Richard Webner, San Antonio Express-News, 3 July 2018
  • Trump has been embroiled in the fallout from Daniels’ interview.
    — Skyler Swisher, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Mnuchin earlier urged China to rejoin talks on the dispute that has embroiled the two largest economies in a trade war.
    — Fox News, 9 June 2019
  • 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
  • For almost a year now, Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been embroiled in one of rap’s most public and memorable beefs.
    — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Then there’s Junior’s wife, Morgan, who gets embroiled in the drama.
    — Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Hence, the Wolves rule the quarantine zone with an iron fist, and are currently embroiled in a power struggle with the Scars.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • Both pizza heavyweights spent the majority of the 1990s embroiled in lengthy legal squabbles.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025
  • When all four women are arrested for drug use, they are bailed out by a local drug dealer named Alien (Franco) and quickly become embroiled in Alien's turf wars with other gang members in the area.
    — Tommy McArdle, People.com, 14 May 2025

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