tangle
Example Sentences
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“Charge my phone?” asked another, and Gil submitted the device into a tangle of cords growing from a surge protector.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
A formidable presence, a defender's nightmare - too tight and he'll turn you, drop off and he'll bury one from distance, try to tangle and he'll cause you all kinds of chaos.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
The chicken, shredded tender, mingles with spaghetti broken into thirds, while cream-of-mushroom soup pulls everything into a glossy, velvety tangle.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025
Today, her transplant is tied up in a tangle of bureaucracy, her fate bound to a home she can’t live in and an address she can’t leave.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
The air swirls in a tempest around them, blowing open the glass doors to the garden with a tangle of billowing curtains.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Vocabulary lists containing tangle
"Of Mice and Men"
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Excerpt from "Flipped"
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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