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as in tangled
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as in intertwined
to twist together into a usually confused mass
the extension cords were hopelessly knotted together
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Recent Examples of knotted
Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
Our boot laces were broken and knotted, our tattered and ice-caked pants flapped around our legs, and at night our wet clothing froze stiff.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Lisa Rae Moss — serving a life sentence for her involvement in the 1990 murder of her husband, Mike Moss — sat in the witness box in a courtroom in Seminole, Oklahoma, on a frigid January morning in 2025, her hands knotted in her lap.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Haugh lets out the occasional wince, twitch and groan as Patterson kneads knotted muscles and purges lactic acid build-up so Florida’s leading scorer and ironman can continue to shoulder his heavy workload.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
Our boot laces were broken and knotted, our tattered and ice-caked pants flapped around our legs, and at night our wet clothing froze stiff.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
The Codex is one of the greatest works of art produced in the British Isles, then or since, and the culmination of a Celtic-Germanic tradition of interlace, in which bird and animals drawn in the simplest lines are knotted into patterns of stunning complexity.
—Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Lisa Rae Moss — serving a life sentence for her involvement in the 1990 murder of her husband, Mike Moss — sat in the witness box in a courtroom in Seminole, Oklahoma, on a frigid January morning in 2025, her hands knotted in her lap.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knotted
Adjective
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The beat, provided by live drums, lurches and lumbers, following the knotty runs of notes instead of setting up a pulse.—
Reed Jackson,
SPIN,
9 Apr. 2026
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The result is a knotty, fractured identity.—
Selina Denman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Charmast Portable Charger keeps all my devices alive without requiring me to pack a tangled mess of extra cords.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Apr. 2026
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Biological molecules were deconstructed and flattened into a tangled mess of mostly carbon and hydrogen.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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On Sundays, O’Neal’s father preached hope from the pulpit, stories of his family intertwined with morals and truths and parables.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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But the everyday cowboy problems get intertwined with something more menacing — possibly supernatural — when Abbott discovers an ominous black void on his property.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Glover, for instance, was particularly captivated by the jagged topography along the moon’s terminator, the dividing line between its illuminated side and the side cloaked in darkness.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
7 Apr. 2026
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Outside the window were snippets of jagged peaks.—
Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Inside the stadium, the crowd was a bit sparse for opening acts Wisdom Indian Dancers — introduced and joined onstage by country singer and later performer Margo Price — and Madeline Edwards as attendees worked their way through the snarled traffic around the stadium and blocks-long entrance lines.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
21 Sep. 2025
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On my way back downtown, my taxi overtakes trucks packed with dangling meat carcasses while kamikaze scooters weave in and out of snarled traffic.—
Nicola Chilton,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Crews have spent the last year fixing more than 700 broken streetlights.—
Adam Duxter,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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But after these funds dried up, schools have struggled to replace broken or outdated devices, which last on average less than a decade despite Google’s efforts to extend device life spans.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The funding places the Salisbury-area project within a broader statewide effort to address PFAS, a class of chemicals increasingly found in public water systems, particularly in rural communities, as Maryland officials move to replace or treat contaminated supplies.—
Josh Davis,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2026
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Soil can erode, water can become contaminated, and wildlife can still be harmed.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The experience also includes a selection of finger sandwiches, including options like coronation Hmong chicken or traditional bánh mì, as well as pastries and cakes, scones with jam and clotted cream, and a cheese and charcuterie platter.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026
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At Zain’s house, Yazid perched at the edge of his seat and stood up every time Zain’s mother came into the room, bringing first pomegranate sherbet, then food, several dishes served on a low table set in front of the sofa, and even a dessert, carrot halvah with clotted cream.—
Daniyal Mueenuddin,
New Yorker,
23 Nov. 2025
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“Knotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knotted. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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