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entrap

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To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men.

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The sea returns upon the men, The fields entrap the children, brick Is a weed and all the flies are caught, Wingless and withered, but living alive. The discord merely magnified. Deeper within the belly's dark Of time, time grows upon the rock. Wallace Stevens

Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We fail to see the opportunity for joy that is right in front of us when we are caught in a belief that happiness should take a particular form. Nhat Hanh

The seeming truth which cunning times put on to entrap the wisest. William Shakespeare

We keep a journal to entrap that collection of selves that forms us, the individual human being. William Boyd

The men trap foxes Source: Internet

I was set up! Source: Internet

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