intertwine
verb (used with or without object)
to twine together.
have intertwined
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present perfectof intertwine.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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The narrator decides to write a novel fictionalizing the surveyor’s account, shame be damned—“And yet, let them scorn me as they will, strong traits of their nature have intertwined themselves with mine.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
The books, which have intertwined narratives focusing on a brilliant, tortured young mathematical prodigy and her brother, represent a stylistic and thematic break from McCarthy’s earlier blood-soaked morality tales, Alexandra Alter writes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
A new report shows just how extensively the two groups have intertwined.
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2022
“Our lives have intertwined, so you see them and you try to not get into a story about each one.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2022
Let them scorn me as they will, strong traits of their nature have intertwined themselves with mine.
From Nathaniel Hawthorne by George Edward Woodberry
