tangle
verb (used with object)
to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
is tangling
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present progressiveof tangle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A fishy situation is tangling traffic on northbound lanes of I-5 just south of Highway 531 in Marysville.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
The state police force, one of the nation’s largest with about 4,200 troopers, is tangling with a county prosecutor who says it’s inappropriate for law enforcement to review officer-involved shootings internally.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2017
He is seeing ghosts, cried Daniel, he is tangling up the threads of my life.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
