How to Use entwine in a Sentence

entwine

verb

• The snake entwined itself around the branch.
• Brain imaging and other techniques have teased out the neurological pathways entwining trauma with addiction.
  — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
• The first sentence was entwined with the Star of David in the colors of the Israeli flag.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
• In the north, the lives of the Ainu and their ancestors were closely entwined with the bears, their fiercer cousins.
  — Jude Isabella, Smithsonian, 18 Oct. 2017
• The longer the cords are entwined or compressed, the greater the risk of damage to the cords—and the greater the risk of death for one or both babies.
  — Pamela Prindle Fierro, Parents, 30 July 2024
• But of course those two sides were entwined, like Ginger and the creep who beat her.
  — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
• That tight bear hug eight weeks ago is now entwined with some of the most hellish aspects of this war.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• But it was entwined in a bundle of filthy rags and overlooked.
  — National Geographic, 18 Feb. 2016
• To him, this was entwined with the Civil Rights movement.
  — Edmund White, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
• The work entwined her faith with her skills as an end-of-life caregiver.
  — Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com, 12 Sep. 2017
• But entwined is a indictment of how far the rest of us may have fallen.
  — Thomas Page, CNN, 7 Feb. 2020
• And in the minds of many people today, the bear and the Ainu have become entwined in a modern legend.
  — Jude Isabella, Smithsonian, 18 Oct. 2017
• It’s entwined with the town the way car production is with Detroit.
  — Michael Hill, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
• It's entwined with the town the way car production is with Detroit.
  — Michael Hill, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024
• The strangers entwined arms like newlyweds and chugged.
  — Andrea Sachs, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2017
• With help from light and heat, the gas rips off the electrons from the long polymer chains that entwine to form a plastic object.
  — Sarah Everts, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2016
• Lopez rushed forward with an overhand right to the officer's head and the two soon were entwined.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 18 Apr. 2018
• The Celtics became entwined with this franchise a second time in 1969.
  — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023
• This is a new story, one entwined with the larger MCU, but still very much on the ground with our fifteen year-old lead.
  — Jordan Hoffman, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2017
• A golfer in South Africa stopped in the middle of a game to film two black mamba snakes entwined in a fierce battle over a female on the green.
  — National Geographic, 25 May 2017
• The case became entwined in a power struggle between the two men.
  — Norimitsu Onishi, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Each of us is fundamentally entwined with the world and with those around us.
  — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
• The passage of time and the rise of the #MeToo movement have changed how women whose lives were entwined in the scandal are perceived, Landgraf said.
  — Lynn Elber, chicagotribune.com, 7 Aug. 2019
• This has led Davis and Stocker to favor the idea that the two cultures became entwined at a very early stage.
  — Myrto Papadopoulos, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
• This has led Davis and Stocker to favor the idea that the two cultures became entwined at a very early stage.
  — Myrto Papadopoulos, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
• Cyrus joins her for the chorus, their voices entwining, before taking the lead on the next verse.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
• The two issues have become entwined in last-minute horse-trading.
  — Dylan Scott, Vox, 8 May 2024
• So that’s 3 and ½ years of no repayments entwined with 3 and ½ years of forgiveness.
  — Ryan Craig, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
• All are classic of a hefeweizen, but here they are flawlessly entwined.
  — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2018
• Lowe is equally as professionally entwined with Matthew, who is a lawyer and businessman.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024