1
: existing in or giving the appearance of a state of utter disorder
2
: very involved : exceedingly complex
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it helps to have a lawyer to sort out the tangled contracts that home buyers typically have to contend with
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But are they caught in a tangled web because of the growing uncertainty in the net?
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
And then Tabakis gets down to business with five emotionally tangled pieces for electric guitar.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
According to Sharif, ospreys often take fishing lines and similar materials to their nests and can become tangled in them.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
One monitor shows guitarist Jonny Greenwood manipulating a strange electronic device exuding tangled wires; another loops footage of a burning building.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 12 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for tangled
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“Tangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangled. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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