as in coiled
to follow a circular or spiral course
the snake silently twined around the tree trunk
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as in entwined
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twined
Verb
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The skunk with distemper is stuck in the window well again, chewing incessantly on the garden hose that is coiled up in there.—
Miriam Toews
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025 -
Inside each 13-centimeter-long rectangular 8-track cartridge is a loop of almost 1 cm-wide magnetic tape that is coiled around a circular reel, as explained in an EverPresent blog post on the technology.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The pair ultimately become entwined in a complicated relationship in the erotic crime thriller.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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This chunky entwined pair from Missoma offers just the right amount of weight for an everyday hoop that can go casual or glam.—
Lauren Alexis Fisher,
Footwear News,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Ronny curled into the passenger seat and switched the track to a rolling-bass beat from Future.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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The white beard, the twinkling eyes behind round spectacles, the mustache curled with wax at its ends are all real, all his.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There’s a twisted wit to the setup here, as Kolstad takes real trends in American life — economic stagnation, rising tribalism, gun fetishism — and follows them to their corrupt, violent end points.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
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When those two go rogue, Ulysses enlists Gunderson’s misunderstood adult child, Alex (Jess McLeod), who’s like the wide-eyed kid to Odenkirk’s Shane, in this movie’s twisted-Western logic.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The first part of the movie is devoted to taking us inside his local empire of warped belief, which skews right-wing.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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McNally also played with the idea that the older man trying to catch Frank was, at least in this warped universe, a kind of surrogate father who developed genuine affection for his quarry.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Twined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twined. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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