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as in weaved
to cause to twine about one another
marveled at how the vines had delicately and intricately entwined themselves on the trellis
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as in coiled
to follow a circular or spiral course
the quick-growing vine was soon entwining around the fence post
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as in twisted
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Recent Examples of entwined
Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The pair ultimately become entwined in a complicated relationship in the erotic crime thriller.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This chunky entwined pair from Missoma offers just the right amount of weight for an everyday hoop that can go casual or glam.
—Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
And it’s entwined with furthering the cause of mental health support and awareness in the name of Ryan, who died by suicide last December.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
For Swift, whose personal brand is entwined with storytelling, this choice reads as narrative as much as aesthetic.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The reader bobs along in the author’s stream of consciousness, riding crests of despair, anger, and hilarity as Toews assembles the shards of her past to investigate her will to write, which is deeply entwined with her will to live.
—Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2025
Drahi and Pereira owned adjacent plots of land on Nevis, and the two men’s fortunes were tightly entwined.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Their seeds entwined in neat galactic sequence, not quite black yet, but stripy grey, soft and slightly wet, nature’s treat for small children as well as birds.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
In many ways, Indigenous language is entwined with Indigenous identity and worldview.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Toomer’s Drugs, Auburn University, and the Auburn Tigers football team have been entwined since the very beginning—far before the tradition of rolling the trees at Toomer’s Corner began in the 1960s.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
Launching on 16th October, 2025, the bubblegum pink sculpture features two entwined tongues, forming a surreal, dancing figure at the entrance of the iconic Brutalist gallery.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The pair ultimately become entwined in a complicated relationship in the erotic crime thriller.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This chunky entwined pair from Missoma offers just the right amount of weight for an everyday hoop that can go casual or glam.
—Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Not only that, it is intimately entwined with the Saudi state.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
And it’s entwined with furthering the cause of mental health support and awareness in the name of Ryan, who died by suicide last December.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
For Swift, whose personal brand is entwined with storytelling, this choice reads as narrative as much as aesthetic.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The reader bobs along in the author’s stream of consciousness, riding crests of despair, anger, and hilarity as Toews assembles the shards of her past to investigate her will to write, which is deeply entwined with her will to live.
—Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2025
Drahi and Pereira owned adjacent plots of land on Nevis, and the two men’s fortunes were tightly entwined.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Their seeds entwined in neat galactic sequence, not quite black yet, but stripy grey, soft and slightly wet, nature’s treat for small children as well as birds.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
In many ways, Indigenous language is entwined with Indigenous identity and worldview.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Toomer’s Drugs, Auburn University, and the Auburn Tigers football team have been entwined since the very beginning—far before the tradition of rolling the trees at Toomer’s Corner began in the 1960s.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entwined
Verb
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Forty-five minutes later, the racetrack appears almost without warning — coiled like a basking viper in the Tuscan countryside.—
Jonathan Hawkins,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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The skunk with distemper is stuck in the window well again, chewing incessantly on the garden hose that is coiled up in there.—
Miriam Toews
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In fact, most of her public appearance, on the red carpet and otherwise, have included some form of the twisted embellishment.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Consistently subverting audience expectations, Don’t Breathe features an incredibly twisted game of cat-and-mouse.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Ronny curled into the passenger seat and switched the track to a rolling-bass beat from Future.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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The white beard, the twinkling eyes behind round spectacles, the mustache curled with wax at its ends are all real, all his.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The twists vary in actual shock value, but the tension provides enough of a hook to follow this warped love story to its conclusion.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
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The first part of the movie is devoted to taking us inside his local empire of warped belief, which skews right-wing.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Entwined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entwined. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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