entwisting

present participle of entwist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for entwisting
Verb
  • There’s magic to be found near and far this time of year, from storybook Christmas markets to vintage trains winding through the snowy Alps.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2025
  • It's been one week and a day since a fatal accident on a winding road in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The thin, wiry stems climb by twining to cover a trellis, arbor, or fence.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
  • No gloom-dark tree-glitter winding and twining its silks.
    The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • For a more in-the-moment experience, check out massages, henna, hair braiding and face painting.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The building blocks of the central child-murderer plot aren’t terribly original on their own, but The Alienist always makes its setting feel indispensable, braiding its police procedural seamlessly into the particulars of social class and police corruption at the turn of the 19th century.
    Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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.
    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
Verb
  • But the supermassive black hole lurking at the core of NGC 3783 is 30 million times the mass of our humble sun, and the magnetic field writhing around is millions of times stronger, so when its lines snap and reconnect, the resulting flare is an eruption of almost unfathomable power.
    Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Flipping her hair and writhing around in pain and ecstasy, the singer dodges plates and cutlery that fly at her face while battling mysterious, paranormal forces that throw her around.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • But Harris’ version takes the audience deeper into their lives, weaving in characters with their own plots in the present day and subtly changing the ways in which Sam, Charlie, and Percy’s story plays out.
    Arushi Jacob, Variety, 11 June 2026
  • This intricate style involves sectioning the hair into precise, straight lines and weaving it tightly to create neat, narrow braids.
    Omenaa Boakye, InStyle, 9 June 2026
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“Entwisting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entwisting. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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