Example Sentences

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Tangling with people is bad news for rattlesnakes because people are often trying to kill them, Taylor added.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Week 1160, redefine real words: Tangling: Lunar native word for “Apollo astronaut.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2017

Tangling with Tate was more difficult: Shultz soon realized he had a tiger by the tail.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

The wind was chasing the waves, Tangling their white curls.

From Poems By a Little Girl by Conkling, Hilda

Tangling is prevented by means of several flat sticks which cross the warp at some distance from the operator; while threads which show signs of loosening are carefully rubbed with a waxed stick.

From The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe by Cole, Fay-Cooper