as in to curl
to follow a circular or spiral course
the snake silently twined around the tree trunk
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Recent Examples of twine
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.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2025
This twining vine is perfect for fencerows, with its waxy blue-green foliage remaining evergreen in the deep South and semi-evergreen to deciduous in cooler climates.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
Nyoni wisely subtitles the whole film so that even non-Zambians can be immersed in this twining stream of words without worrying too much about the switching currents.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Gaffney leads me to the spinning room to witness a blur of threads rapidly twining around spinning cones.
—Shane C Kurup, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2025
This twining vine is perfect for fencerows, with its waxy blue-green foliage remaining evergreen in the deep South and semi-evergreen to deciduous in cooler climates.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
Nyoni wisely subtitles the whole film so that even non-Zambians can be immersed in this twining stream of words without worrying too much about the switching currents.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Gaffney leads me to the spinning room to witness a blur of threads rapidly twining around spinning cones.
—Shane C Kurup, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twine
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Mora scored twice against Spain to rescue a draw in the group stage, first skipping into the box after a nutmeg and a neat one-two and curling into the corner before a snapshot volley at the far post.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Fans of curling, figure skating, and a weird sport where people ski and then fire a gun are eagerly anticipating February 2026 for the return of the Winter Olympics!—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct. 2025
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Enormous ventilation pipes were coiled like snakes on the roof of the building.—
Ingfei Chen,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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Anyway, because of the *slightly* complex situation with the aneurysm (nothing bad, just not typical), it wasn’t coiled that weekend.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Bessent suggested Monday that the US may be in position to wind back its interventions.—
Daniel Flatley,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Missourians love their Katy Trail State Park, the former railroad track turned pancake-flat trail stretches some 240 miles across the state, skirting the river, winding through farmlands, and passing through other small towns.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Twine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twine. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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