disentangle
verb (used with or without object)
to free or become free from entanglement; untangle; extricate (often followed byfrom ).
was disentangling
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past progressiveof disentangle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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A major hurdle throughout the diplomacy was disentangling the nuclear dispute from other flashpoints.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 27, 2015
The first was disentangling the novel’s two parallel timelines—one about the protagonists’ childhood and the other about their adulthood—to make them two discrete entities presented in chronological order.
From Slate
As darkness began its rapid descent, I took my chance when they thought I was disentangling nets deep down, and struck out underwater, away from the boat.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
There was an old man, perfectly naked, with a fine head, long white hair and beard, sitting on the ground among a mass of seaweeds, which he was disentangling and packing.
From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by A. H. Savage Landor
A horrible blot is this upon Alexandrian life and a fearful comment upon the wild extravagances that were sometimes enacted while Christianity was disentangling itself from paganism.
From Oriental Women by Edward Bagby Pollard
