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entangle

Meaning

To weave or interlace strands or objects so that they become inextricably mixed.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

She tried to pull her fishing line free, but the thin strands had somehow managed to entangle themselves with the weeds and rocks. Frustration tightened her chest as she realized how hopelessly mixed up everything had become, a messy knot that refused to give.

The fishing nets, left carelessly on the dock, started to entangle with the spilled bait buckets and discarded seaweed. Soon, a tangled mess made it impossible to tell where one thing ended and another began, a frustrating knot of fishing gear and sea debris.

The kite string, already thin and frayed, managed to entangle itself with the overgrown brambles. I tugged, hoping to free it, but each pull only made the knots tighter, the thin fibers weaving themselves deeper into the thorny mess, a helpless, growing knot of frustration.

Barry the badger loved spaghetti. He'd slurp and chew, and soon, the long noodles would entangle themselves with his fur, his ears, and even his tiny badger boots. He'd end up looking like a noodle monster, a truly funny sight!

Barnaby the badger tried to comb his magnificent, bushy tail. Instead, his comb’s teeth seemed to want to entangle every single hair, weaving them so tightly they looked like a single, giant, furry noodle. He sighed, a tiny cloud of dust puffing from his nose.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

He tried to untangle the fishing line, but the more he pulled, the more the thin strands would entangle themselves into an impossible knot. Frustration tightened in his chest as he realized he'd have to cut it.

The old kite string, brittle and worn, began to entangle with the fishing line. Each tug and pull only made the mess worse, weaving the thin threads into a knot so tight I despaired of ever freeing them, a tangible representation of my frustration.

The frayed kite string began to entangle with the thorny branches of the neglected rose bush. Sarah tugged desperately, her frustration mounting as the delicate paper and delicate thorns twisted together. The more she pulled, the tighter the strands of string would entangle, making escape feel impossible.

My cat, Reginald, managed to entangle himself in a ball of yarn, creating a fluffy, purring disaster. He looked like a modern art sculpture designed by a particularly enthusiastic squirrel, a true masterpiece of woven mayhem that I now have to carefully unpick.

My cat, a fluffy ginger menace, decided to entangle himself in a ball of yarn, then my favorite knitting project, and finally my own hair. It looked like a wooly, feline explosion, and I was trapped in the middle, a human pincushion of purrs and fuzzy knots.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

He struggled to untangle the fishing line, a chaotic mess of monofilament that seemed to deliberately entangle itself into a hopeless knot. Each attempt only tightened the bonds, his frustration mounting as the strands refused to yield, inextricably mixed together.

The kite strings, thin and sharp, began to entangle with the barbed wire fence as the wind whipped it violently. Tugging only made the situation worse, the fine filaments weaving themselves inextricably into the sharp points, a desperate, tangled mess.

The fisherman’s net, usually so neat, had somehow managed to entangle itself with a discarded industrial cable on the seabed. He tugged, but the thick, unfamiliar material seemed to fuse with the delicate mesh, a chaotic knot that threatened to ruin his entire day’s catch and his return voyage.

My cat, Bartholomew, attempted to elegantly leap from the armchair, but instead managed to entangle himself in the delicate yarn of a half-finished scarf. The wool was so thoroughly interwoven with his luxurious fur that extracting him felt less like a rescue and more like a very fluffy, very indignant archaeological dig.

The prize-winning spaghetti-eating champion, Bartholomew "The Bifurcator" Bumble, found his facial hair begin to entangle with his supper. Tendrils of marinara and rogue linguine strands wove through his magnificent mustache, rendering his attempts to liberate himself utterly futile, much to the delight of the assembled onlookers.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The fisherman’s hands, calloused and weary, tried desperately to entangle the fishing line that had somehow interwoven itself with the rudder's churning mechanism. Each frantic pull only seemed to further amalgamate the strands, deepening his frustration and the terrifying prospect of being stranded miles offshore.

The frayed aurora threads, spun from celestial gas, began to entangle with the brittle xenoflora tendrils. Her frantic efforts to untwist the luminous strands only served to further interlace them, creating an even more intractable knot. She felt a primal dread as the shimmering filaments fused inextricably with the desiccated plant matter.

The bioluminescent algae, disturbed by the seismic shift, began to entangle themselves with the fractured obsidian shards. Their ethereal tendrils, usually free-flowing and luminescent, were now trapped, their faint glow struggling against the sharp, dark intermingling. Hope seemed to dim with each minute they remained fixed.

Sir Reginald, a man of prodigious, if somewhat malodorous, girth, attempted to don his silk pantaloons. Alas, the gossamer fabric did entangle with the copious amounts of butterscotch he'd illicitly consumed, creating a veritable Gordian knot of sugary confection and calico that defied all succor.

The labyrinthine spaghetti bolognese, a veritable culinary Gordian knot, began to entangle itself around Bartholomew's hapless fork. Strands of al dente pasta, saucy bolognese, and rogue peas interwove with such alacrity that extracting a single morsel became an exercise in Sisyphean futility.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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