How to Use tangle in a Sentence

tangle

1 of 2 verb

• This fishing line tangles easily.
• The next morning, Tomas is tangled in the sheets of their bed.
  — Vulture, 17 Oct. 2023
• It’s tangled and worn down across all 10 songs on the album but strong enough not to snap.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
• Green and Jones got tangled down on the baseline after the play.
  — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2023
• This isn’t the first time humans and orcas have tangled in the Mediterranean.
  — Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2023
• Some hair got tangled in the rollers but came out with a tool easily.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
• Even the threat of a work stoppage could tangle the nation’s supply chains.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2022
• The singer shrugged off a missed note and had to restart after she got tangled in the lyrics, but neither Smith nor the full house seemed to mind.
  — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2023
• This is a book that’s tangled up in truth, tragedy, destiny and who gets to make choices for whom.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
• The Bucks’ 7-footer and the 6-9 Lyles exchanged words before Lyles pushed Lopez in the face, and the two tangled all the way to the scorers table.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
• The bull bolts into the woods, fragments of rope still tangled between its antlers.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Oct. 2023
• The effect of this is dull and frizzy hair that can easily tangle.
  — Casey Clark, SELF, 6 June 2022
• No one wants to be tangled up in legal troubles, and the scammer knows this all too well.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2023
• If your hair is prone to tangling, toss this product in your toiletry bag.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
• The two have tangled over their names, foreign policy and more, with no end in sight.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2023
• Bigger kids can tangle their lines and stick hooks in their fingers.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2023
• Of the whales examined, about 40% were because whales were struck by ships or got tangled in ropes or nets in the water.
  — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
• My hair was longer than the other boys’, shoulder length, and always tangled.
  — Ariel Nicholson, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2023
• Her ponytail tangled painfully in someone’s backpack as the crush forced her out the door.
  — Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
• Before a Spurs baseline out-of-bounds play, the two got tangled up and Wembanyama fell.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2024
• Soon, their lines of work will tangle their fates together.
  — Laura Zornosa, Time, 16 Dec. 2022
• The cord can also be wrapped around the device in a neat storage design to avoid it getting tangled.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2024
• Hair didn’t get tangled in the brush roller on this vacuum, either, which is a plus for pet owners.
  — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2023
• Stowing a net in a large plastic bucket out of the sun is good and is a convenient space saver that keeps a net from tangling.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 4 Jan. 2024
• And as the film progresses, the many threads of plots and ideas get tangled like so many Barbies in a toy box, the jokes turning sour and stinging.
  — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 18 July 2023
• There is no greater joy than resting your head on a cool-to-the-touch pillow that won't tangle hair or cause facial creasing.
  — Condé Nast, Allure, 5 Oct. 2023
• The coworkers were unable to get Medina out of the tank due to him being tangled in the suction tube.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
• Eventually, she is yanked from the car while still tangled in her seat belt.
  — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
• Everything is getting tangled up in Tell Me Lies.
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Jan. 2026
• There are numerous other bold characters getting tangled up in new ploys aimed at giving them a step up in a world that wants to keep them tamped down.
  — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026

tangle

2 of 2 noun

• Who wants to come home at night to a tangle of sheets and pillows on the floor?
  — Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
• The city’s road network tangles and sprawls for 8,135 lane-miles.
  — Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2024
• And the playground is lost somewhere in the tangle of metal.
  — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
• The next few days were a tangle of duties and obligations.
  — Clarence B. Jones, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
• The next Fed chair will have to parse through a tangle of mixed economic signals.
  — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 22 Nov. 2021
• No more struggling with a brush or comb that gets stuck in those stubborn tangles!
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
• That might be partly due to the unique tangles of the desert environment.
  — The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2024
• Cat Jarman led me through a dense tangle of forest called Heath Wood.
  — Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
• Schroeder is thirty-eight, with a tangle of curly hair and a taste for Hawaiian shirts.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
• The long-stroke spool and one-piece bail fight tangles and promote orderly line lay on the retrieve.
  — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
• What once emerged as a hopeless tangle now exits the dryer as—get this—an apron.
  — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 25 Oct. 2023
• There weren’t any tangles and no hair was pulled, and our team thought the results, paired with the price, make this a great option for a lot of different needs.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
• The deer weaved through a tangle of understory and vanished from sight.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2022
• The windows are covered with plywood and the yard is a towering tangle of yellow grass and weeds.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
• Meanwhile, on the stove, black mustard seeds popped and danced in oil, followed by a tangle of fragrant onions and tomatoes.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 6 Oct. 2023
• Floating on top are rounds of pickled jalapeño, a tangle of raw Maui onions and blistered scallion oil.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
• The tangle of Omicron spawns—with or without a new parent variant—could make for a rough fall and winter, Ray said.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2022
• Across a gurgling brook, up a muddy slope, over mossy tree limbs, through a tangle of brambles and vines, the dogs covered acres of terrain.
  — Bernhard Warner, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• Instead of a tangle of unsightly wires, The Frame has only one cable that won’t distract from the art.
  — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2023
• This idiosyncratic dough is a tangle of flour, sesame oil, soju, honey and spices.
  — Eric Kim, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• The property is bound by an eye care company to the south, a residential neighborhood to the east, and a tangle of roads to the north and west.
  — Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024
• The garage was a tangle of rods and equipment, and his car, an old Nissan Altima, reeked lightly of bluefish.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
• Dogs with long fur may also need conditioner to help keep their fur healthy and tangle-free.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
• Now, many are struggling to stay afloat, with layoffs and legal tangles mounting.
  — Subrat Patnaik, Bloomberg.com, 22 Feb. 2024
• Some sea cucumbers are also known to shoot out a tangle of sticky, noodle-like goo from their butts when provoked.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Nov. 2023
• Our tester also struggles with tangles due to coily hair, and had no issues with that after using this mask.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• Costumes and scenery — along the back of the stage appears to be a tangle of rocks and wire, like a military fortification — are by Moritz Junge.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• My goal is to have a congruent life so that there there's no tangle, no separation.
  — Karen Walker, Forbes, 18 May 2022
• His mind is a tangle of occult connections, a rat king of red thread.
  — Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• The shelf even has an opening for feeding a cord right through it for tangle-free access.
  — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2026