embroglio
Americannoun
plural
embrogliosEtymology
Origin of embroglio
Confused with embroil
Example Sentences
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And the whole embroglio is your fault, if you come to look at it between the eyes.
From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
Without that the whole embroglio was fantastic and incredible.
From Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists by Cannan, Gilbert
To people in London the Venezuelan embroglio proved that the Kaiser had in mind smashing the Monroe Doctrine.
From A Journey Through France in War Time by Butler, Joseph G. (Joseph Green)
This embroglio is smoothed out, and Amiles and Bellicent are happily united.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
Lord Clare considered and reconsidered the strange embroglio whilst refreshing his inner man with chicken-pasty for a long business talk with Castlereagh.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
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