entwined; entwining; entwines
: to twine together or around
: to become twisted or twined
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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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
Beyond its fascinating science, the fog has entwined itself with human life in the Bay Area for centuries.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
For Goethe, creation and destruction were entwined from the moment of his birth—at noon on August 28, 1749, in Frankfurt am Main.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Casting Michael Shannon wonderfully against type as the upright and progressive, if a bit naive, POTUS, the series entwines Garfield’s perspective with that of his assassin, Charles Guiteau, a delusional grifter played by Matthew Macfadyen, Succession’s own Tom Wambsgans.
—Judy Berman, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Entwine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entwine. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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entwine
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en·twine
in-ˈtwīn 
: to twine together or around
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