1
as in weaving
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 curling
to follow a circular or spiral course
the quick-growing vine was soon entwining around the fence post
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Recent Examples of entwining
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The debate over lasting solutions reveals the complexity of how criminal organizations have grown so powerful, weaving themselves into nearly every layer of Brazilian society over time.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
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What results is a familiar historical drama, weaving together many various characters in the buildup to the climactic courtroom showdown.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Boston Herald,
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Patrick Brice and Mark Duplass wrote, directed and starred in this blood-curling 2014 film that follows a videographer who takes on a job for an eccentric client.—
Emy LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
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Seasonal activities are planned according to guest request and include curling, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and ice skating on nearby Lake Placid.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
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The Land of Spooks is a phantasmagorical blend of twisting gothic spires, impossible land formations, and disconcerting expressionist proportions.—
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IndieWire,
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This stabilizing exercise targets the muscles that control your foot twisting outward (peroneal muscles) and the ones that control your foot twisting inward (tibialis posterior).—
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When a publisher approached Deakins about writing a book, thinking of it more as a straightforward autobiography or Hollywood tell-all, Deakins was much more interested in the roadmap of how people get started as storytellers and the usually unusual, winding roads their careers take them on.—
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The subsidies — which had been at the center of the fight over the US government shutdown — aren’t part of a deal winding through Congress to end the 42-day government shutdown.—
Caitlyn Reilly,
Fortune,
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The intertwining levels of performance, not only by Teacher Wang, but by the husband and wife too, become dizzying, if not quite labyrinthine.—
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This Halloween treasure features four intertwining tales of mischief and menace.—
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Dense dust lanes can be seen coiling around Andromeda's glowing galactic center, which is thought to house a supermassive black hole 140 million times more massive than our sun.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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Other standout features include a custom brass kitchen and a curving brass staircase to match.—
Mekita Rivas,
Architectural Digest,
7 Nov. 2025
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So much of Brazil strains the imagination—the interminable skyline of São Paulo, the beaches of Rio curving between monoliths of granite, the aquamarine pools trapped between the undulating dunes of Lençóis Maranhenses.—
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5 Nov. 2025
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“Entwining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entwining. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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