All 7 Uses of
entangled
in
The Mill on the Floss
- Chapter XIII Mr. Tulliver Further Entangles the Skein of Life Owing to this new adjustment of Mrs. Glegg's thoughts, Mrs. Pullet found her task of mediation the next day surprisingly easy.†
Chpt 1.13
- It is clear that the irascible miller was a man to interpret any chance-shot that grazed him as an attempt on his own life, and was liable to entanglements in this puzzling world, which, due consideration had to his own infallibility, required the hypothesis of a very active diabolical agency to explain them.†
Chpt 3.7
- Wakem's conscience was not uneasy because he had used a few tricks against the miller; why should he hate that unsuccessful plaintiff, that pitiable, furious bull entangled in the meshes of a net?†
Chpt 3.7
- Beware thou cleavest not unto them, lest thou be entangled and perish….†
Chpt 4.3 *
- "As if it were not enough that I'm entangled in this way; that I'm mad with love for you; that I resist the strongest passion a man can feel, because I try to be true to other claims; but you must treat me as if I were a coarse brute, who would willingly offend you.†
Chpt 6.11
- It is the only right thing, dearest; it is the only way of escaping from this wretched entanglement.†
Chpt 6.13
- There was a moment of utter bewilderment before her mind could get disentangled from the confused web of dreams; but soon the whole terrible truth urged itself upon her.†
Chpt 6.14
Definition:
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(entangled as in: entangled in the branches) caught in
or:
twisted together into a confusing mass