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interlace

[in-ter-lays, in-ter-lays] / ˌɪn tərˈleɪs, ˈɪn tərˌleɪs /


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I reach for Michael's hand and interlace our fingers.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2022

The totems interlace fabric, twine and what sometimes appear to be animal or human organs.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022

On their way out of a spider’s bottom, the protein building blocks in silk, called spidroins, fold themselves and interlace, creating a highly organized structure without guidance from any outside force.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2020

The trio, which date to the 10th and 11th centuries, are adorned with crosses and Celtic interlace patterns similar to the ones seen on the stones inside the church.”

From Fox News ● Apr. 5, 2019

I slide my steepled fingers, slowly, watching them interlace.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Compositionally, they’re action-packed interlaces of figures and words: lyrics, rap group names, magical numbers, and place names spelled in Arabic, Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish and Twi.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

The violin spins, the orchestra interlaces musical threads and occasionally looms over the soloist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2021

They disbanded after eight years in what she describes as “fraught” circumstances, and the sense that her band members never took her seriously still interlaces her conversation.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2019

The show’s creator, Terence Nance, interlaces the pieces within and across episodes, so that ideas bubble up and themes ooze into view with a jubilance of expression, even as he explores fear and grief.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 7, 2018

Mrs. Gruver sits down and interlaces her hands.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

He shares an unusually compelling musical rapport with his associates, especially through impressive unison lines and thoughtfully interlaced phrases with Mr. Light on “Kevin Sun I.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Dao" depicts two interlaced events: a wedding near Paris and a funeral ceremony in Guinea-Bissau.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

The Phryges are red, white and blue to reflect France’s tri-colored flag and wear the gold Paris 2024 logo — including the Olympic symbol of five interlaced rings — on their chests.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2024

As the star shows began, our fingers interlaced in the dark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

And when the mist passed on its way, and the remade swans lorded their magnificence over the humble green river, they turned to each other, fingers interlaced, and looked, and looked, and looked.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

An interlacing of memoir and anecdote, it begins with the author as a young boy, growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., left agog by the Bronx Zoo’s immersive Amazon exhibit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

Piker began surreptitiously interlacing those uploads with the rest of the company’s Facebook library.

From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025

Besides interlacing environmental, scientific and social themes that whirl through zealotry and nihilism, it’s also a first-contact scenario that forces a reckoning.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2024

Such feelings are what prompted Valdes to try to normalize mental health struggles by interlacing her products with humor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

His clumsy arms had come together with a thwack, blunt fingers interlacing.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov


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