entangle
verb (used with object)
to make tangled; ensnarl; intertwine.
had entangled
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past perfectof entangle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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According to Canberra, the ship was in international waters off Japan with divers clearing fishing gear that had entangled its propellers when a Chinese destroyer approached and switched on its deck-mounted sonar.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
It lay undisturbed for more than 80 years until the steamer was found by the Girvan Sub-Aqua Club divers, who were diving on an unknown obstruction which had entangled a fisherman's nets.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2023
Their conclusion does knock out one theory that had entangled Dr. Abbott’s personal life with the Somerton mystery.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
No more than 10 minutes into it, two of those Democrats, John Kerry of Massachusetts and Howard Dean of Vermont, had entangled themselves in a ridiculous scuffle over the issue of gay rights.
From Time Magazine Archive
The birdlime had entangled a few queleas and a mouse that had been attracted by their fluttering.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
