tangle
verb (used with object)
to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
Example Sentences
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Instead, he is seeking to harness the city’s tangly dynamism.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2022
What You’ll Need: 14 solid feet of tangly crimson beard-age.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 30, 2018
Brewin: There are all these tangly lianas, you know, vines and things like that — very deep leaf litter in the forest areas.
From The Verge ● Aug. 28, 2018
The heat of the oven renders the bird’s fat and leaves the skin crisp and the meat beneath it soft and tangly.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2017
Them green plastic balls get all tangly when her hair get wet.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
