entangle
verb
en·tan·gle
in-ˈtaŋ-gəl 
en-
entangled; entangling; entangles
1
a
: to wrap or twist together : interweave
b
: ensnare
2
a
: to involve in a perplexing or troublesome situation
became entangled in a lawsuit
b
: to make complicated
the story is entangled with legends
Examples of entangle in a Sentence
in the process of taking down the Christmas tree, we managed to entangle the string of lights into a hopeless mess of wires
the young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies
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The concept at the center of this debate dates back to a 1957 proposal by Nobel laureate Richard Feynman, who suggested that if gravity could cause two massive objects to become quantumly entangled, then gravity itself must be quantum in nature.
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
Earlier this year, the selvedge looms became entangled in the sheriff’s sale of Vidalia Mills in Louisiana.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
One whale detected entangled last December far from shore is unnamed right whale Catalog #5110, which was spotted again in Cape Cod Bay in April of this year with fishing gear still attached.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Their separation came five years after the couple were entangled in the Operation Varsity Blues scandal, pleading guilty to wire and mail fraud related to paying hundreds of thousands in bribes to get their daughters into the University of Southern California.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
Earlier this year, the selvedge looms became entangled in the sheriff’s sale of Vidalia Mills in Louisiana.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
One whale detected entangled last December far from shore is unnamed right whale Catalog #5110, which was spotted again in Cape Cod Bay in April of this year with fishing gear still attached.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Their separation came five years after the couple were entangled in the Operation Varsity Blues scandal, pleading guilty to wire and mail fraud related to paying hundreds of thousands in bribes to get their daughters into the University of Southern California.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Entangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entangle. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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entangle
verb
en·tan·gle
in-ˈtaŋ-gəl
1
: to make tangled or confused
2
: to involve in a tangle or a confusing or difficult situation
entanglement
noun
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