How to Use tangled in a Sentence

tangled

adjective

• No plugs, tangled cords, or dirty hands.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2025
• Check the brush roll for tangled hair and debris.
  — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
• Trim any circling or tangled roots with clean shears.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 16 Jan. 2026
• Quite the tangled web has been woven.
  — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 19 June 2026
• But getting to one is a tangled process that can take days, if not weeks.
  — New York Times, 22 June 2018
• Had the sickness blazed new pathways and cast light on tangled old ones?
  — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
• In math, a knot is a tangled piece of string with its ends glued together.
  — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
• But, for tangled reasons, this rare event is playing out right now.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2021
• Make sure these aren't stored in a tangled mess that will result in breakage.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
• Instead, buoys were launched -- but the lines became tangled.
  — Jeanne Bonner, CNN, 2 Nov. 2019
• Nick Young and Westbrook got tangled and fell in the process.
  — Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 26 Feb. 2018
• The latter can send you into a snag and lead to a tangled mess in short order.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2021
• The tangled cord of its earphones shivered with the motion of the car.
  — Madhuri Vijay, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2022
• His technique is super easy and won't turn your hair into a tangled mess.
  — Andrea Lavinthal, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2009
• Ultimately, the pot should be about the same size as the tangled mass of roots.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2024
• But tugging at that thread unravelled a vast, tangled skein of male angst.
  — The Economist, 7 Sep. 2017
• The tangled web of bank accounts had given him sleepless nights.
  — Parth M.n., Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• The belt had become tangled around the child’s neck, Simmons said.
  — Leada Gore | [email protected], al.com, 28 June 2019
• Some of that has to do with the tangled history between the players.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
• The script was rushed, the plotting tangled and confusing.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
• Some people's tangled love lives could be the subject of a country music song.
  — Samantha Drake, Country Living, 2 Aug. 2017
• Between tangled wires and limited space, no one wants to wrestle with a cord mid-flight.
  — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2025
• Like the e-scooter wars, the ride-hailing wars are just as tangled and confusing.
  — Polina Marinova, Fortune, 13 June 2018
• Sara filled with flowers, had vanished in a tangled heap of concrete, metal and glass.
  — Washington Post, 1 July 2021
• Plus, the light coating on hair can prevent strands from getting tangled and remain smooth.
  — Nicole Catanese, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Apr. 2015
• However, the cord can become tangled or kinked.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
• Shocking stuff, but once the war was finished, the tan lines were destined to become more tangled yet.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 6 July 2018
• Four episodes in, the show has woven a tangled web of secret plots and shape-shifting Skrulls.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 14 July 2023
• This may sound a bit tangled, but the film is in fact quite simple in narrative design, which is all for the best.
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 14 May 2021
• This adapter is easy to use, cord-free, and eliminates the need for airline headphones and tangled cords.
  — Chantelle Kincy, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026