intwine
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- intwinement noun
Example Sentences
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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 Lowell, James Russell
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 Harte, Bret
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 Battersby, H. S. (Hannah S.)
Hunc modo serpentem baculum qui nexibus ambit Perspice— Behold the snake his mystic Rod intwine.
From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
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