How to Use entangle in a Sentence

entangle

verb
Definition of entanglenext
Synonyms for entanglenext
  • Meanwhile, Dwight and Jim are entangled in a prank war.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Waters free from whalers now brim with ships that strike them, and ropes that entangle them.
    — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The bats got entangled in some of the women's hair, some were struck by the creatures and others were bitten, the complaint said.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Laser pulses are applied to entangle the qubits after ions merge and the 32-ion chain is formed.
    — Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
  • As the two become closer, the woman entangles Elieen in a shocking crime.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Pérez was the second person to die after getting entangled in equipment at the plant in the past two years.
    — Laura Strickler, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Ripple is entangled in its own lawsuit with the SEC that’s dragged on for 2 1/2 years but may conclude soon.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 12 June 2023
  • But the North Salem junior doesn’t want to entangle himself in the pitfalls of predictions.
    — Shane Hoffmann, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • In the last decade, nine humpbacks were entangled in Oregon Dungeness crab gear.
    — Ed Komenda, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • At Google’s lab in Santa Barbara, the objective is to entangle many qubits at once.
    — Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • This neo-western thriller, which won the Oscar for best picture, follows three men entangled in a drug deal gone awry in 1980 West Texas.
    — Taylor Robinson, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • Crepuscular synth pads plink over gritty drum kicks, and by the time the blaring alarm sounds, you’ll be fully entangled with a new lover.
    — Pitchfork, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Assad was backed by Russia, which is now entangled on the battlefield against Ukraine.
    — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The woman, identified as Shelly Auguste, has been entangled in a legal battle with the artist since 2020.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023
  • America will probably be entangled with Ukraine for a long time to come.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 14 July 2023
  • Fat, on the other hand, coats flour proteins and prevents them from entangling, resulting in dough that’s more tender, like a soft brioche bun.
    — J. Kenji López-Alt, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • To detect such a flip, researchers entangle additional qubits between the first and second and the second and third qubits.
    — Byadrian Cho, science.org, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The latter method, typically used by commercial crabbers, has a line running from the surface of the ocean to the sea floor, which can entangle whales.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2022
  • In August, your social life could be on steroids, or a friend could entangle you in his or her life, so hold off on making key decisions.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 23 July 2021
  • Marine life can get entangled in plastic or mistake it for food.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Russia hopes to have the railway up and running within a few years, but the project has been entangled in the complicated geopolitics of the region.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Music Fugees’ Pras Michel is entangled in a campaign-finance case.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
  • Monica Rambeau as the trio need to figure out why their powers are entangled.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2023
  • That puts them at the level of Scorsese, an artist who now fails to examine the complications in his head, issues that entangle his work.
    — Armond White, National Review, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Many are left wondering how a respected lawyer got entangled in a complex web of drama and crime.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The drug groups are also deeply entangled with officialdom at even the most local level.
    — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Since that day, he’s been entangled in the criminal legal system, and he’s not expected to be paroled until 2048.
    — Malaika Jabali, Essence, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Prep For Success Whether your lure gets hung up in a piece of wood, wedged between rocks, or entangled in a gob of line some careless angler tossed in the lake, our first instinct is to pull back hard on the rod to free the bait.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 13 Dec. 2023
  • But sit with that for a while: Try to imagine an existence in which scent is no less important than sight, and your very sense of time and self is entangled with olfaction.
    — Brandon Keim, Popular Science, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Tate gets entangled in a love triangle between two women, one of whom is played by a young Jada Pinkett Smith.
    — Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 24 May 2023

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