entangle
verb (used with object)
to make tangled; ensnarl; intertwine.
were entangling
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past progressiveof entangle.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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The simple man, he couldn't see through the gauze bags they were drawing over his head! lie did not notice the nets With which they were entangling his feet.
From Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us by John S. (John Stowell) Adams
Thin wire lines were entangling it, and about ten feet away lay three fragments of what appeared to have been a dull metal box.
From The Day of the Dog by Anderson Horne
Whether cravats are there wafted around the buyer's neck, as it were, entangling him hopelessly in silken and satin webs, the Easy Chair does not know.
From From the Easy Chair — Volume 01 by George William Curtis
One of his idiosyncrasies was to talk wisely to the juniors on the subject of European campaigns and to criticise the moves of generals whose very names and centuries were entangling snares.
From The Deserter by Charles King
