entangle
verb (used with object)
to make tangled; ensnarl; intertwine.
has entangled
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present perfectof entangle (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A federal appeals court recently breathed new life into litigation that has entangled the U.S. government and the high-desert town of Fernley ever since a 118-year-old canal burst and flooded hundreds of homes in 2008.
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2023
In a stand-up set Tuesday, podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan weighed in on the controversy that has entangled him and Spotify over the past few weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
The struggle has entangled tech titans, upended Madison Avenue and disrupted small businesses.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
The controversy has entangled a cluster of properties sprinkled amid some of the region’s most expensive residential real estate.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2021
There is an unfortunate Idyia, who, by some mistake, has got into the wrong bucket, with the larger Jelly-Fish, where a Zygodactyla has entangled it among his tentacles and is quietly breakfasting upon it.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various
