tangle
Example Sentences
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It’s bad enough that Lisa has to deal with Dan’s insecurity — now she’s got to tangle with some dopey crooks?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
Their webs are a tangle of threads suspended above the ground and they like to hang out in kitchens and conservatories.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Before him was a tangle of circuit boards the size of a cutting board—big enough to slice a few Granny Smiths.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
“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
Their progress slowed in the tangle of underbrush and the wet leaves mired the struggling animals.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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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