intertwining

present participle of intertwine

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of intertwining Within a few short months of the conference, by intertwining human insight with AI scale, the decades-old mystery would collapse. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026 Peete and Robinson’s relationship had become complex, intertwining their personal connection with finances, loyalty, and resentment. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026 The book follows the intertwining stories of two families, the Hamiltons (who emigrate from Ireland to Steinbeck’s beloved Salinas Valley) and the Trasks (who move to California from the East Coast), over the course of several generations. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026 When the work environment shifts in ways that make objective judgment harder to offer, that intertwining starts to come apart. — Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026 The Canadian producer/musician creates songs that feel like they’re haunted by their own ghosts, laced with intertwining echoes, tiny sonic fractures, and a palpable sense of place. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026 Movies built from intertwining stories can be hard to pull off. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 26 June 2026 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. — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 17 June 2026 Boston is a city of intertwining neighborhoods, where great restaurants aren’t exclusively the domain of tasting menus and white tablecloths. — Tanya Edwards, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intertwining
Verb
  • With a bigger budget from Netflix, Sy and Leterrier leaned further into the show’s superhero-like qualities, expanding its universe beyond the novels of Maurice Leblanc and weaving some futuristic elements.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • By weaving these stories together, Cuarón used the epic’s themes of exile and separation to provide a fresh take on Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel.
    — Sohini Sarah Pillai, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Conine belted a solo homer in the second, knotting the score at 1-1.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The San Antonio Spurs, who won Game 3 at the Garden, built a 29-point lead in Game 4 and appeared on the verge of knotting up the series.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • For each strip, pinch the ends, then gently stretch while twisting until 8 inches long.
    — Hali Bey Ramdene, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The three-time NBA MVP stood behind a gaggle of teammates squished up against the CU bench, quietly surveying the madness from the 15-yard line while twisting the cap of his bottled water.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • It’s designed to handle loose hair of any length without tangling.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In 1984 the late mathematician Vaughan Jones introduced a new way to assign polynomials to knots, thereby tangling the two fields together.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Kerry McCoy’s guitar juices up a mid-song gallop by abruptly pivoting from big and noisy to compressed and snarling; at the climax, everything cuts out for a second to spotlight a Daniel Tracy drum fill.
    — Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Stepping into the band’s lead guitarist role was Nick Johnston, a forceful presence delivering crisp musical phrases that could be fittingly elegant or snarling.
    — Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

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“Intertwining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intertwining. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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