interwind
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of interwind
Example Sentences
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Her melodies recursed and interwound; her vocals shimmered and shone, at once new and old, alien and familiar.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2021
Atherton wrote that Wodehouse went a bit gently on eugenics, “perhaps because its share in the satire is closely interwound with a really tender and fine little love story.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2014
Around, around, I wound and interwound, While all the cyclic heavens about me spun.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The love and woe being interwound He cleaveth to the woe; And putteth forth heaven's strength below, To bear.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Three hempen ropes were tied to its rim, and were then cunningly interwound on a single-drum windlass of wood, which could be turned by two men even when the basket was loaded.
From The Thing in the Attic by James Benjamin Blish
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