entwine
verb (used with or without object)
to twine with, about, around, or together.
have entwined
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present perfectof entwine.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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Bill, Barack and Hillary are not exactly the Three Amigos, no love lost among them at various moments, but time and circumstance have entwined their stories and legacies more tightly than ever.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2016
In the hair of any Minister's head, and of every Commissioner's head, we know not what “black cherubim” may have entwined their claws.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by
A dark narrow alley of yews and holly leads to this dull apartment: these are old dwarf stunted trees, which have entwined their knotty branches and their dark prickly leaves.
From Priests, Women, and Families by Jules Michelet
The strange freaks of fate in one web have entwined,
From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Louisa Morgan
You have brought us up together; you have made us necessary to each other's happiness; our hearts have entwined themselves with our growth; do not now tear them asunder.
From Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies by Washington Irving
