INTERTWISTING Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

intertwisting

verb

present participle of intertwist

as in weaving

to cause to twine about one another intertwisted the fibers to form a design

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as in knotting

to twist together into a usually confused mass the tree's intertwisted roots seemed to extend forever

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Ilinčić’s show borrowed the delicate ropes of octogenarian textile artist Françoise Grossen weaving them into dresses, skirts, bags and belts.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Lange walked hand in hand with Lourd, weaving through the crowd and holding court.

— Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2026

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For much of the 1990s and 2000s, Guatemala had been twisting its way toward democracy, but corruption networks and drug traffickers had insinuated themselves into the country’s institutions.

— Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
But Mulderrig’s red Harley-Davidson Sportster slammed into the rear passenger side of Oates’ Cadillac, crumpling the back corner and twisting the wheel out of shape.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026

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There are also the journalists, the athletes, and the kids who spend sunny days doing contact improv, which was invented at Oberlin, tangling their limbs in the grass outside the library.

— Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Tie Loose Strings Tie sashes and strings to prevent tangling.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 30 Aug. 2026

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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

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Starting Saturday evening and continuing into Sunday morning’s high tide, the ocean poured into urban cities up and down the coast, breaking a recent record for flooding in Fort Lauderdale and snarling traffic in both counties.

— Alex Harris Updated September 27, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026
The film opens upon a typical grumpy New York day, with traffic snarling the streets and horns honking.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

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