entwined; entwining; entwines
: to twine together or around
: to become twisted or twined
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Examples of entwine in a Sentence
The snake entwined itself around the branch.
marveled at how the vines had delicately and intricately entwined themselves on the trellis
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Her initial attempts to divest herself of Sunny entwine with her desire to learn just who her husband was; there will be skulking and unpleasant if incomplete discoveries.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
With help from light and heat, the gas rips off the electrons from the long polymer chains that entwine to form a plastic object.
—Sarah Everts, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2016
The latter has been a virtual crusade for him since the death from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) of his caddie, Bruce Edwards, and it’s entwined him with Kansas City pillars George Brett, the Royals’ great, and late former Star editor Joe McGuff.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2024
The energy system is deeply entwined with geopolitics, and the effort to overhaul it is a chance to address more than just climate change.
—Meghan L. O’Sullivan and Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
With help from light and heat, the gas rips off the electrons from the long polymer chains that entwine to form a plastic object.
—Sarah Everts, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2016
The latter has been a virtual crusade for him since the death from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) of his caddie, Bruce Edwards, and it’s entwined him with Kansas City pillars George Brett, the Royals’ great, and late former Star editor Joe McGuff.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2024
The energy system is deeply entwined with geopolitics, and the effort to overhaul it is a chance to address more than just climate change.
—Meghan L. O’Sullivan and Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
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“Entwine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entwine. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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entwine
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en·twine
in-ˈtwīn 
: to twine together or around
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