How to Use entangle in a Sentence

entangle

verb

• Leonard also raised concerns that marine and wildlife could be entangled by the net that will hang below the surface.
  — Fox News, 8 Sep. 2018
• Struck by a ship, entangled in crab pots, stillborn, emaciated: It's been a tough three months for whales.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2018
• Quality scandals have entangled some of Japan’s biggest companies.
  — Sean McLain, WSJ, 19 July 2018
• The average for Washington and Oregon is about three to four whales entangled each year, and this year there have been seven already, Wilkinson said.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2018
• This isn’t the first time The Weeknd and Usher have been entangled in headlines.
  — Darlene Aderoju, PEOPLE.com, 8 Apr. 2020
• The second buck that was entangled with the potential state-record buck scored in the 160s.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 26 Feb. 2020
• Meanwhile, Dwight and Jim are entangled in a prank war.
  — Aurelie Corinthios, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
• Waters free from whalers now brim with ships that strike them, and ropes that entangle them.
  — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022
• Each one had been entangled in rope at least once in her lifetime.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 25 May 2024
• The bats got entangled in some of the women's hair, some were struck by the creatures and others were bitten, the complaint said.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
• Read Next World Whale was entangled in rope off Australia for days.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 26 June 2024
• Laser pulses are applied to entangle the qubits after ions merge and the 32-ion chain is formed.
  — Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
• One summer day a year or two ago, one of the kids entangled the wire by a wood rack in a weedwacker, severing it in a flash.
  — C.j. Chivers, Popular Mechanics, 24 Dec. 2018
• As the two become closer, the woman entangles Elieen in a shocking crime.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
• For me, the entangling strands that make up a coherent short story take skill to construct and skill to read.
  — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
• Pérez was the second person to die after getting entangled in equipment at the plant in the past two years.
  — Laura Strickler, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
• The new tracks are among the new music that Drake has dropped since getting entangled in his eye-catching beef with Kendrick Lamar.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Aug. 2024
• Ripple is entangled in its own lawsuit with the SEC that’s dragged on for 2 1/2 years but may conclude soon.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 12 June 2023
• But the North Salem junior doesn’t want to entangle himself in the pitfalls of predictions.
  — Shane Hoffmann, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• Thousands of whales are struck by ships, entangled in fishing lines, and harmed by ocean noise every year.
  — Joe Roman, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2020
• The device deploys a 7.5-foot Kevlar tether to entangle a person's arms or legs from as far as 25 feet.
  — Nushrat Rahman and Laura Herberg, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
• In the last decade, nine humpbacks were entangled in Oregon Dungeness crab gear.
  — Ed Komenda, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
• That puts them at higher risk of being struck by ships or entangled in fishing gear.
  — Gene Johnson, The Seattle Times, 4 June 2019
• But the red lines in which Mr Johnson has entangled himself will probably keep such a deal out of reach.
  — The Economist, 27 July 2019
• At Google’s lab in Santa Barbara, the objective is to entangle many qubits at once.
  — Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
• Nets are made with openings of varied sizes designed to entangle the fish, usually around the gills.
  — Dallas News, 8 May 2021
• Whales are often hit by ships or are entangled in crab fishing lines off the coast of San Francisco.
  — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 26 Feb. 2020
• With their elastic straps, some fear the masks could entangle animals as well.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
• And the webs don’t just affect small birds like hummingbirds and songbirds—there have been reports of large birds, like owls, becoming entangled as well.
  — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2024
• Hurricane Helene could entangle with another storm over the south-central U.S., which is a trough of low pressure.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024