twine

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Recent Examples of twine Doree is lavish and royal with golden pillars and a twining wine cellar at its center. Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 This gorgeous twining vine produces oodles of colorful blooms throughout the summer, which—if pollinated—form flattened pods that can be eaten like other green beans. Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2024 The two are twined together, equally crucial to the endgame: a simultaneous orgasm of structural devices. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2024 In a dappled forest, vines twine up trees, reaching ever upward and away from the dark. Quanta Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for twine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twine
Verb
  • Slowly lift your upper body off the mat, eventually curling to extend the arms toward the feet.
    Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Your feet should be hip-width apart with your toes curled forward.
    Dana Santas, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The pertinence of this story to current events will likely be the first thing anyone focuses on, and rightly so, but the directors also deserve credit for the film’s tightly coiled, deeply felt terror, panic, and betrayal. 32.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
  • But, about halfway into the story, Proulx abandons her customary prose style, which is as coiled as a rattlesnake and about as sentimental, in order to cut loose and give the boys their first moment of physical tenderness.
    Michael Cunningham, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The winding two-lane road is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • For a man with his name up in lights this often, much of Merino’s winding path to cult hero at the age of 28 — via stints at Osasuna, Borussia Dortmund, Newcastle United and, most notably, Real Sociedad — has remained in the dark.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Twine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twine. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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