entwist

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entwist
Verb
  • There is no love without grief, for the depth of each feeling enables the other — braiding together like a rope.
    Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
  • It was created from copper thread that had been braided and embroidered onto water-soluble fabric, then dissolved to leave spectral patterns of the thread.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • His hobbies include reading, listening to music and going on long, winding adventures on his road bike.
    Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025
  • At the Japanese Village Plaza, strollers rolled through the winding walkway with patrons sipping boba.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • The various story strands are plaited together so neatly as to become a single braid, with an emphasis on how much these lives interlock as the shelter inmates support each other.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 May 2025
  • Among the haunting remnants, one image has stayed with me—a child's lock of hair, neatly plaited and tied with a small red ribbon, matted with mud.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • At his best, McCann does an assiduous, subtle job of twining his metaphors through everyday life.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • Once the cucumbers start to vine, coax the vines to climb the trellis by twining them around the trellis with your fingers and securing them in place, if needed, with plant clips or garden twine.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • As for design, there will always be disagreement; the very concept of aesthetics invites debate, and our sensitivity to fashions are often deeply entwined with the politics of change and the people in power.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
  • It's now well understood that employee experience and productivity are known to be entwined.
    Agur Jõgi, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • In a world of neon, glitter and stiletto boots, Cyrus writhes against walls and struts down sidewalks, notably the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 June 2025
  • Even in the shade of a fruit tree, you could be surrounded by tiny skyscrapers — not made of steel or concrete, but of microscopic worms wriggling and writhing into the shape of long, vertical towers.
    Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • The deeper issue is the steady, often unnoticed disruption of noise woven into every part of life, at home, work, and our social environments.
    Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • The Foundation’s long-term roadmap weaves three strands—education, technology, and policy—into a single braid of change.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 30 June 2025
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“Entwist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entwist. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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