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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
Gerardo Dottori’s 1942 Aerial Battle over the Gulf of Naples mobilizes the contrails of its entwining fighter jets to express the effect of new military technology on a crystalline landscape.
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Simon Denny,
Artforum,
20 Apr. 2026
So, too, is the film’s music, composer Anthony Willis and soundtrack artist Charli XCX entwining raspy strings with grimy, ominous shudders.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
On the entwining legacies of climate change and family history in California.
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Literary Hub,
30 Aug. 2025
Simon Denny,
Artforum,
20 Apr. 2026
So, too, is the film’s music, composer Anthony Willis and soundtrack artist Charli XCX entwining raspy strings with grimy, ominous shudders.
—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
On the entwining legacies of climate change and family history in California.
—
Literary Hub,
30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entwining
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Around 30 Maple Park Middle School students spent the last few weeks of the summer term weaving English language arts and STEM skills together to research the international soccer teams with base camps in Kansas City and create animatronics based on their findings.
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Some thirty years after weaving Replica, Schultz set to work on a rug based on the 9040 processor made at the Shiprock plant.
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Or curling your wrists while doing biceps curls.
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Romano Schmid’s curling effort from the edge of the area gave Austria the lead but Jordan equalised – their first goal at a World Cup with a strike equally as good just after half-time from Ali Olwan.
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Andrade landed her double-twisting Yurchenko vault cleanly with a small step, earning a massive score from the judges.
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Scientists have discovered a new way to control quantum light sources by twisting atomically thin layers of a material known as hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a breakthrough that could help bring quantum technologies closer to practical use.
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What to do nearby A winding path through the property’s grounds brings you to University College Cork, a beautiful historic campus overlooking the River Lee.
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Nothing is imminent, and even a bill winding its way through the state legislature would not necessarily require the Angels to return Anaheim to the team name.
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Directed by Alice Winocour, the film follows an American filmmaker working during Paris Fashion Week who receives a life-altering breast cancer diagnosis, intertwining her story with those of a South Sudanese model and a makeup artist navigating their own pressures within the industry.
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Boston is a city of intertwining neighborhoods, where great restaurants aren’t exclusively the domain of tasting menus and white tablecloths.
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Receiving a ball punched out of Tunisia’s area, the Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder took one touch to knock it into space, before coiling his diminutive frame behind a fierce shot that fizzed and curled into the net.
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Schenck essentially preaches staying on the back leg, coiling up the body, letting the ball go as deep as possible and then unleashing a swing as fast as possible.
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The innovative Panoramic Display consists of a 48-inch screen curving from door to door along the base of the windshield.
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Gravitational lensing is a phenomenon that occurs when an object of great mass comes between Earth and a distant background source, curving the fabric of spacetime.
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“Entwining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entwining. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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