rat's nest
Example Sentences
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Deftly unraveling the tangled politics of the moment, Mr. Wallace vividly shows La Guardia juggling factions of fusionist Republicans, communists, interventionists, isolationists, Tammany pols and a rat’s nest of the city’s fierce ethnic rivalries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Guadagnino’s driving interest is attacking academia as a rat’s nest of egomaniacs and cowards and insular, faux-radical thinking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
His hair is a rat’s nest, and his raggedy cloak has been rendered with just a simple calligraphic loop.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
Please ignore the rat’s nest of cables peeking out behind them.
From The Verge ● Aug. 20, 2021
And Lurvy dragged Wilbur’s trough across the yard and kicked some dirt into the rat’s nest, burying the broken egg and all Templeton’s other possessions.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
