How to Use intertwine in a Sentence

intertwine

verb
Definition of intertwinenext
Synonyms for intertwinenext
  • He's always telling stories in which the present and the past intertwine.
  • His fate is intertwined with hers.
  • The United States and China — the world’s two largest economies — are intertwined.
    — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The trio has been intertwined for some time now in their separate ways.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Data from years past shows heat deaths are intertwined with the opioid and housing crises in the Phoenix area.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 July 2023
  • Portraying both in the same frame shows how deeply our fates are intertwined.
    — Nell Lewis, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Ochre is the world's oldest color and is intertwined with the start of human history.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • And the larger, more complex a business, the more ecosystem partners it’s intertwined with.
    — Mahesh Rajasekharan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The yak butter and rock shelters and people who sheltered her were intertwined with her.
    — Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 4 Apr. 2023
  • In Paradise's case, it was not only butted up against forest, it was intertwined in the forest.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2023
  • How did the field evolve to become so globally intertwined?
    — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2024
  • And so this is part of intertwined with his campaign strategy.
    — ABC News, 23 July 2023
  • Their lives are intertwined, and their families are close.
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • But one of my ultimate aims is to make a whole album full of stories that intertwine with each other.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
  • These are all issues intertwined in the collective history of the United States, Japan and the Philippines.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Valentine’s Day — to the distaste of many and the delight of some — underscores the way our culture intertwines love with money, after all.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The industries of fashion and film have—on paper at least—never been more intertwined.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
  • But the two economies are in fact deeply intertwined, and still depend on each other despite rising tension.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Their girlhoods — two decades apart — were intertwined.
    — Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • And Bragg will likely find that his tenure is now intertwined with the former president.
    — Jonah E. Bromwich, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But now, so much of Trump’s message is intertwined in his own personal problems, too.
    — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 5 Apr. 2023
  • They became completely intertwined with the fabric of the series.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
  • For Indie Spirits, the dress was a royal blue Gucci with pleated discs intertwined around Yeoh’s torso like a sash.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Barbie and hot pink are intertwined, and according to Haller, so is what the movie represents: nostalgia and a sense of escapism.
    — Aaron Hutcherson, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • But as the Kurdish refugee from Iran quickly realized, dreams and despair were intertwined in the shantytown known as the Jungle.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
  • But the union data reveals once more that issues of identity and workers’ rights are deeply intertwined.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Early in the morning, as the sunlight emerges timidly over the savanna, mist moves through intertwining forests and pasture.
    — Luis Bernardo Cano, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The horse's bridle featured intricate gold chains intertwining with dark brown leather, and a golden crown symbol was sewn into the leather placed on the horse's head.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Our folklores and local mythologies are intertwined with our lives.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The book isn’t just about her professional life; there’s also a love story that’s intertwined in the narrative.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 2 May 2023

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