Sentence examples for were ensnared from inspiring English sources
verb
To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
Many of its founders deserted years ago, and many who remained were ensnared in scandals.
BATS's own shares were ensnared by the mess, and the exchange quickly sought help.
"Some were greedy, some were ensnared into a position that they didn't want to be in.
Before the settlement, housing counselors said that homeowners were ensnared in a bureaucratic maze when seeking foreclosure relief.
Some who lost their jobs probably were ensnared in Cambodia's huge sex slave industry -- which leaves many girls dead of AIDS by the end of their teenage years.
But major questions remain about the legal grounds used to justify the program, and about how many innocent Americans were ensnared.
Other senior officials have also been ensnared.
Other Carlyle funds have been ensnared.
Ms. Hart has been ensnared in the controversy more directly.
They will be ensnared in a way most never envisaged.
In Iraq and Lebanon politics is ensnared by sectarian divisions.
