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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Verb
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The ball curled through the proverbial eye of a needle, between Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez, and behind Alexis Mac Allister, who was forced to spin on his heels.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025 -
The old woman, though, stares at the screen, the shadow of a smile curled into her lips and a frown barely creasing her forehead.—
Matthew Bremner,
Rolling Stone,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The twisted stars of periwinkles, towering hollyhocks with their hot-pink Medusa heads, the lion-mane frills of marigolds.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
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And wrap it in a gorgeous (if somewhat twisted) album cover depicting a completely adorable baby underwater, grasping at a dollar bill on a fishhook?—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But back in the '90s I was absolutely transfixed by its warped universe.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Often depicted in science fiction as a cosmically dramatic jump through an unknown, warped part of the solar system, wormholes, as far as astrophysicists are concerned, are just that — an object of science fiction.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Discover Magazine,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Twined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twined. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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