How to Use entangle in a Sentence

entangle

verb
  • 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
  • Either path could lead to an ugly and dangerous war that would entangle the U.S.
    Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 3 May 2021
  • The new growths were wrapped around Thompson’s left fallopian tube and entangled her ovary on that side, too.
    Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2024
  • This neo-western thriller, which won the Oscar for best picture, follows three men entangled in a drug deal gone awry in 1980 West Texas.
    Taylor Robinson, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • All the particles in a large system will be entangled with each other, so that when just one of them localizes in space, the rest are brought along for the ride.
    Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2019
  • 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

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