Sentence example with the word 'imbroglio'

imbroglio

altercation, broil, donnybrook, fight, hot water, morass, polemic, quicksand, spat, straits, tricky spot

Definition n. an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation

Last update: September 27, 2015


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The curious imbroglio deceived royalists and republicans alike.   [noun]

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By sheer tenacity of purpose, Bestuzhev had extricated his country from the Swedish imbroglio; reconciled his imperial mistress with the courts of Vienna and London, her natural allies; enabled Russia to assert herself effectually in Poland, Turkey and Sweden, and isolated the restless king of Prussia by environing him with hostile alliances.   [noun]

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"'Tis a foolish imbroglio from first to last: and only his lordship and I know how foolish."'   [noun]

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You lack the key to the imbroglio," said his wife, with a superior air."   [noun]

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It took quite half an hour to explain this imbroglio.   [Please select]

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To regard a Jewish imbroglio _seriously_--that was quite beyond him.   [Please select]

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Foote, thought he saw in the Mexican imbroglio means to bring Lincoln to terms.   [Please select]

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Into this imbroglio sailed the _Golden Hind_ with ballast of silver and cargo of gold.   [Please select]

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It was indeed an extraordinary imbroglio in which he found himself.   [Please select]

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The domestic imbroglio continued unabated, until at last the Duke, rejected as a Minister, was called in once again in his old capacity as moral physician to the family.   [Please select]

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This was avoided, but the consequences of this strange imbroglio were far-reaching and completely different from what any of the parties concerned could have guessed.   [Please select]

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