1
: existing in or giving the appearance of a state of utter disorder
2
: very involved : exceedingly complex
Examples of tangled in a Sentence
it helps to have a lawyer to sort out the tangled contracts that home buyers typically have to contend with
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So tangled are the tricks and plot lines that the story’s characters are little more than sketches.
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Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
What led to that point was a messy, tangled web of loans that Zions said were surreptitiously subordinated by the borrowers all while the collateral was effectively eliminated.
—Leslie Picker, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher wove quite a tangled web with their affair.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
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—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
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Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
What led to that point was a messy, tangled web of loans that Zions said were surreptitiously subordinated by the borrowers all while the collateral was effectively eliminated.
—Leslie Picker, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher wove quite a tangled web with their affair.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
No one wants to deal with tangled cords or missing adapters mid-vacation, and this best-selling Amazon case keeps everything from chargers to memory cards neatly in place.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
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 23 Oct. 2025.
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