twine
Example Sentences
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This celebrated catchphrase from “The A-Team” hints at Osman’s intricate narrative design, one that gradually twines together several seemingly incongruous plot strands.
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2021
“We Hereby Refuse” twines three stories of Japanese American citizens who challenged what are now widely recognized as the government’s injustices.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2021
An essay on her childhood habit of collecting nests twines with her youthful skepticism of domesticity, how nests render birds — exhilarating in their freedom — suddenly so painfully vulnerable.
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2020
Sudan Archives, a fashion chameleon and daughter of a preacher, twines funk, hip-hop and rhythm and blues into compositions with the violin as their soul.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2018
Worry twines in my chest, and I keep unsticking my feet, in case I need to run out to find Dad and tell him I want to go home, now.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
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Home of the Brave
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The First Rule of Punk
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