intwine
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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And on that grave where English oak and holly And laurel wreaths intwine, Deem it not all a too presumptuous folly,— This spray of Western pine!
From Dickens in Camp by Bret Harte
May thistle, shamrock, rose, for aye intwine In union and brotherhood sublime; And every Briton heavenward waft the prayer, That each the other's weal or woe still share.
From Home Lyrics by H. S. (Hannah S.) Battersby
This laurel-leaf I cast upon thy bier; Let worthier hands than these thy wreath intwine; 70 Upon thy hearse I shed no useless tear,— For us weep rather thou in calm divine!
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell
"Their spirit and togetherness has never been in question. They're absolutely intwined into Newcastle. They want to be here, they want to play. They're connected to the club. in a way that's very deep."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2025
His religion had not intwined itself into his life; it was not shrined among his sacred memories or laid away in secret storehouses of thought.
From Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College by Arthur Christopher Benson
What if, in spite of her disdain, I find my heart intwined about With Cupid's dear delicious chain So closely that I can't get out?
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells
The flowering thorn, self-taught to wind, The hazle’s stubborn stem intwined, And bramble twigs were wreathed around, And rough furze crept along the ground.
From The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems by James Beattie
In the hedgerows are hazels, guelder roses, maples, dogwood, all intwined with long trails of bryony and traveller's joy.
From Lessons on Soil by E. J. Russell
Then, intwining arms with a bright sylphid, she flew with her over the gardens in a trance of delight.
From Fairy Book by Sophie May
I shall now have the shooprame bliss," said Mr. Macshane, with much feeling, as he lifted Mrs. Hayes from the saddle—-"the shooprame bliss of intwining two harrts that are mead for one another.
From Catherine: a Story by William Makepeace Thackeray
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