intertwine
verb (used with or without object)
to twine together.
intertwining
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present participleof intertwine.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The themes of “Queen Esther” will be familiar to Mr. Irving’s many readers, who will also recognize his habit of intertwining fiction with personal history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
The deal would signal a deeper "intertwining" of the government and private businesses in the US, following a trend seen elsewhere in places like China, Mr Nicholson told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
In Mussolini’s Italy, intellectuals were coerced into swearing loyalty to the fascist state, and scholarship became a tool of nationalist propaganda, intertwining classical myths with imperial ambition.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025
This tour de force contains an hour’s worth of haunting, intertwining phrases that feel like a combination of Requiem and Kaddish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
Strings of it radiated from his body, twining and intertwining, on and on, back and back, whirling around this moment.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
