Vivek Wadhwa

When I start getting embroiled in heated debates and feeling stressed, I just turn everything off and disconnect from the world. I simply tell my colleagues and friends that I am not well and need to cancel all meetings for a day or more. I take it easy - go for a long hike, take a vacation somewhere, or just stay at home and read.

Indian Businessman

Cate Blanchett

I think if you're too embroiled in the need to relate too closely to the character, then you start to judge the character for the audience rather than to present it to the audience for their enjoyment and them to mull over the questions that the characters present.

Australian Actress

Steve Albini

As a recording engineer - someone who is deeply embroiled in the process of making records every day - you see trends and fads run through the social organization of the population of musicians in the same way that they would run through a high school.

American Musician

Matthew Desmond

Poverty is a relationship that involves a lot of folks, rich and poor alike. I was looking for something that brought a lot of different people in a room. Eviction does that, embroils landlords and tenants, lawyers and social workers.

American Sociologist

Mammootty

I don't want to get embroiled in any controversy. At the same time, I want to take part in those conversations that are meaningful. I have not entrusted anyone to reply on behalf or react to any issue pertaining to me.

Indian Actor

Robert Christgau

Ultimately, to insist that rock criticism be political is first to insist that the humans who make and enjoy music are embroiled in politics whether they like it or not - and whether they know it or not.

American Journalist

Zebulon Pike

It was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peacefully round their own fires, and not embroil themselves in any disputes between the white people.

American Soldier

Diego Costa

If you pinpointed someone before the kick-off, probably you would become embroiled in a fight, and you would be distracted from what really matters and not play well.

Brazilian Athlete

Bjorn Borg

I was fascinated by a compelling character embroiled in a controversial topic that told the story from a different point of view.

Swedish Athlete

Andy Summers

I am pretty embroiled in moving on and moving forward with music.

English Musician

Usually implies a problematic involvement, often with negative outcomes.

Negative Connotation

Suggests being caught in a situation not easily controlled or escaped.

Beyond Control

Can refer to organizations or countries, not just individuals.

Not Always Personal

Used to describe becoming trapped in complex legal situations.

Legal Complexity

Often triggers a strong emotional response related to the difficulty of the situation.

Emotional Response

 and just copy them down on the legal pad versus mine were coming whatever thought i had at the time there's something odd about all this right this is model un the whole point is that students are supposed to be collaborating to come up with big solutions not embroiling themselves in

The Problem with Super...

 and split the so-called peace dividend that results in them not having to fight the whole time. Wright argues that technology has increased the number of positive-sum games that humans tend to be embroiled in, by allowing the trade of goods, services and ideas

The surprising decline...

 an isle of women who had killed all the island’s men. As punishment, Aphrodite had cursed them with a sickening stench– but that didn’t stop Jason fathering twins with the queen. The rest of the crew also found themselves embroiled in new romances;

The myth of Jason and...

 and you've often been embroiled in controversy over this issue, and on the abortion question, on both sides, really. How do you navigate that? Yeah, so I think that's a really important point, which is, we had backed away from contraceptives

Why giving away our...

 Where your suffering will be recognized and cared for, where you can experience belonging. Understanding how violence and conflict affects and changes people is more important than ever. Our world is embroiled in multiple chronic conflicts

What It's Like To Be a...

 to go for the gun but I think there's hope even in the climate that we're living today I think there is some hope I mean our society just like Kant's before us has been recently embroiled in debate over marriage the debate in the

How do we reason for a...

 at some point, become embroiled in a complicated, confusing, ugly, gut-wrenching moral dilemma. That is just a fact of life on Earth. There will be a dilemma in which there is no clear rule to follow.

How Ethics Can Help You...

 that they had issues or concerns at work that they were afraid to raise. Afraid of the conflict that that would provoke, afraid to get embroiled in arguments that they did not know how to manage,

Dare to disagree PIPE...

 acknowledged that they had issues or concerns at work that they were afraid to raise afraid of the conflict that that would provoke afraid to get embroiled in arguments that they did not

Dare to disagree -...

 Another wave of ants advances unchallenged. But the attack is not going to plan. In the tunnels, the ants become embroiled in one-to-one duels.

Embroil

To involve someone in a difficult, complex or controversial situation.

Often appears as...

To throw or drag into a situation or position which is difficult to escape or resolve.

Often appears as...

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Negative Connotation

Beyond Control

Not Always Personal

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