Example Sentences

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It nestles and entangles itself in for the long haul.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Those numbers, however, don't amount to much in the grand scheme, given the rate at which Louisiana "incarcerates and prosecutes and entangles people in the criminal legal system left and right every day," Romero said.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2024

But the operatic plot is a skein that sometimes entangles its colorful character and other times leaves them panting with exhaustion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2023

A mass of knotted rope entangles like tentacles or whirs when swung by a spinning dancer.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Then he entangles for a moment the critic and poet together.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various