tangle
verb (used with object)
to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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"I too am tangling things up badly," confessed Elena, astonished at herself.
From The Created Legend by John Cournos