How to Use intermingle in a Sentence

intermingle

verb
  • In her short stories, science fiction and romance intermingle.
  • The first few notes of a jazz song float through the air--drums intermingle with bass on stage.
    Julia Sayers, AL.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Pods will not intermingle, and siblings will be in the same pod.
    Stephanie Becker, CNN, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The film’s time frames are intermingled, leaping back and forth through years and decades.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2023
  • But he was struck with the beauty of the place, with the light streaming in and how the odor intermingled.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.
    Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In her homes, the foreign and the familiar, the haute and the gauche intermingle freely.
    Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
  • The pair’s vocals intermingle on the wistful, synth-laden track.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2021
  • His drums and strings are intermingled with roars and squeaks and bleeps, all orderly and not cacophonous.
    Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The bright notes will work well with the shellfish, and the herbal component will intermingle with the cilantro.
    Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2017
  • The soils are Jurassic era clay-limestone and red clay intermingled with large stones.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • And then the two groups clearly intermingled once humans did leave Africa.
    Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 5 July 2017
  • The prisoners' limbs are intermingled; some rest their heads on the laps of other inmates.
    Tamara Qiblawi and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, 4 July 2019
  • Critics said the film often feels like two movies smashed into one, and intermingling the two stories makes both of them a mess.
    Patrick Cooley, cleveland.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The Georgia Julep intermingles the fresh mint with the juicy sweetness of peach liqueur.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Guests will be placed in groups of four to five people and will not be permitted to intermingle with other parties.
    Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Dasher is troubled by the thought of trail users intermingling with the sheep and cattle on his property.
    Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, 15 June 2018
  • In the meat freezer, different species of meats were intermingled.
    Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Recent research has shown that humans, too, are the product of species intermingling.
    Karen Weintraub, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Recent research has shown that humans, too, are the product of species intermingling.
    Author: Karen Weintraub, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2018
  • You’re meant to allow these people to intermingle and get to know one another, and in this way, get to know you better.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Their Barbera is chock full of black cherry and plum flavors that intermingle with hints of vanilla and smoke.
    Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Video becomes a component of theater, intermingling with sound, light and, in the case of his most recent show, scent.
    Celia Ellenberg, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The fruits of that intermingling may have shaped the culture of classical Greece and beyond.
    Myrto Papadopoulos, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
  • The coaches and kids often intermingled to try and help each other while parents sat off to the side watching or reading.
    Jeff Seidel, baltimoresun.com, 9 May 2018
  • The show has its moments of comedy intermingled with the action and drama.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The results of this work suggest that the sediment layers had not shifted or intermingled much over time.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 20 July 2017
  • The light to dark pink blossoms of the phlox intermingle with the bold yellow petals and dark centers of the black-eyed Susans.
    Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The reflections of the sky, dark inky sand, and arctic waters intermingle to give the place a cool blue tint unlike any other.
    Mosha Lundström Halbert, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2017
  • And the only sound was the crackling of the fire intermingled with our childlike giggle fits as the marshmallows filled our mouths.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026

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