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
Country and rap, historically pitted against each other, have always been cousins, whose sounds have intertwined closely over recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
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
Blackberries, too, are exuberant in their growth, and in many spots the hawthorn and blackberry on opposite sides of the brook have intertwined their branches across it and have completely hidden the water from sight.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 by Charles Peters
