Ellie Kemper

A man's face is not a rich person's lawn; you are wasting resources if you devote that much energy to trimming your beard, sideburns, or mustache just so. Nor is a man's face the woods; there need not be the tangled weeds, shrubbery, and wildlife/eggs benedict that get ensnared in them.

American Actress

Michel Foucault

My hypothesis is not so much that the court is the natural expression of popular justice, but rather that its historical function is to ensnare it, to control it and strangle it, by re-inscribing it within institutions which are typical of a state apparatus.

French Historian

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Some have been ensnared in the net of excessive debt. The net of interest holds them fast, requiring them to sell their time and energies to meet the demands of creditors. They surrender their freedom, becoming slaves to their own extravagance.

American Businessman

Preet Bharara

From coast to coast, the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission have ensnared people not only at hedge funds, but at technology and pharmaceutical companies, consulting and law firms, government agencies, and even a major stock exchange.

American Public Servant

Ellen G. White

Music is made one of Satan's most attractive agencies to ensnare souls; but, when turned to a good account, it is a blessing. When abused, it leads the unconsecrated to pride, vanity, and folly.

American Writer

Laura van den Berg

Not long after watching 'The Passenger,' I wrote the first lines of 'The Isle of Youth,' which concerns twin sisters who swap identities and become ensnared in the Miami underworld.

Edwin Markham

Big money is not a good thing for a little soul: it will only ensnare his feet, and he will fall to his ruin. Wealth is safe only for those who have a wealth of wisdom.

American Poet

Debra Granik

Sometimes you get ensnared by an idea, and it's what I call 'the sticky burr': You go hiking, and a burr sticks to you, and that's the film you're going to make.

American Director

Martin Bashir

Press coverage has been difficult for him. I did not set out to ensnare him with a child.

British Journalist

Charlotte Bronte

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

British Novelist

Implies a skillful or clever act to trap someone, often linked with strategy.

Clever Trickery

Usually suggests a trap with dishonest or harmful intentions.

Negative Connotation

Often used metaphorically, not just for physical traps.

Not Literal

Highlights the powerful attraction causing someone to be caught.

Irresistible Lure

The situation or relationship is hard to get out of once ensnared.

Difficult Escape

Often involves someone's feelings or emotions, not just physical trapping.

Emotional Engagement

 if you don't hold on to that, if you can't support that with data, which we can, you will be drawn into the narrative of fear that will lead us to justify the kinds of horrors we have inflicted upon communities of color and low-income communities and people that become ensnared in our criminal legal system for far too long.

The US is addicted to...

 green is not one specific course of action but rather an overall lifestyle designed to minimize impact on the environment even little things like turning off lights when you leave a room we're cutting open plastic soda rings so they can't ensnare sea creatures when

VA Finalist PIPE National...

 becomes an asterisk at the bottom of equality pages. No one ever thinks of us as human because we are more ghost than flesh, because people fear that my gender expression is a trick, that it exists to be perverse, that it ensnares them without their consent,

Lee Mokobe: A powerful...

 When he flees to London, he becomes ensnared in a criminal underworld. These stories frequently portray Victorian life as grimy, corrupt, and cruel. But Dickens also saw his time as one in which old traditions were fading away.

Why should you read...

 is unlike any other feeling in the world. And until you have children, you don't know what it feels like. I think children had ensnared me the moment I connected fatherhood with loss. But I'm not sure I would have noticed that

Love, no matter what PIPE...

 Her tapestry showed the gods abusing their squabbling amongst themselves, drinking and bragging, and meddling in the lives of mortals. She represented Zeus as a philanderer, transfiguring himself to ensnare a swan for Leda,

The myth of Arachne  -...

 then it's not because of deep blue. The reason for the attacks remains elusive. But while scouring the ocean for an explanation, experts come across something else that also ensnares large amounts of a tiger shark's prey.

Could Sport Fishing...

 Though a meager amount, it was enough to ensnare her in Hades forever. Demeter wouldn't accept this fate. She swore that if she wasn’t reunited with Persephone, the fields would never be fertile again,

The myth of Hades and...

 their sleep in jeopardy soothing colors warm lighting and soft bedding create an ideal habitat for sleep but the predator has entered their den if it can ensnare the pray he will

Circadian Blues PIPE...

 the petals determined to fight she becomes ensnared forced to bear pollen from the plant by mimicking the pheromone of the giant Hornet the orchid

Ensnare

Clever Trickery

Negative Connotation

Not Literal

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