Both Uses of
entangled
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- Moved by this entreaty, Newman stammered forth a variety of most unaccountable and entangled sentences, the upshot of which was, that Mrs Kenwigs had examined him, at great length that morning, touching the origin of his acquaintance with, and the whole life, adventures, and pedigree of, Nicholas; that Newman had parried these questions as long as he could, but being, at length, hard pressed and driven into a corner, had gone so far as to admit, that Nicholas was a tutor of great…†
Chpt 16
- 'It is a good heart,' said Nicholas, 'that disentangles itself from the close avocations of every day, to heed such things.†
Chpt 40 *
Definition:
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(entangled as in: entangled in the branches) caught in
or:
twisted together into a confusing mass