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
He caught Jan's limp head and shoulders up in his arms, and called shrilly to Iowaka, who was disentangling herself from the thick furs in which he had wrapped her.
From The Honor of the Big Snows by James Oliver Curwood
Clytaemnestra affects a burst of grief; the curse has taken another victim as he was disentangling himself from the net.
From Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy by Richard Green Moulton
