Sample sentences for ENTANGLED

2 meanings

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1 —as in:
entangled in the branches

Definition

caught in

or:

twisted together into a confusing mass

like a fly entangled in a spider web

entangled = caught in

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The seaweed is entangled in the net.
the cold wind had swelled and reddened my hands, uncurled and entangled my hair, and dyed my face of a pale purple;
Anne Bronte -- Agnes Grey
or you may learn their ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 22.25 (NRSV)
Dodge, entangled with a Glass Eye, kicked it in the groin.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

entangled = twisted together into a confusing mass

All that remained of the chickens was a pile of feathers and the bones of their small bodies entangled as if they had died in an embrace.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

entangled = twisted together into a confusing mass

Every time Vera thought of her she seemed to see a pale drowned face with seaweed entangled in the hair...
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

entangled = caught and twisted

The whole group ran for the fence line and made their way over. ... As he pulled his leg up, he became entangled.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief

entangled = caught in (clothes caught on the fence)

...among the tangled foliage. Ralph disentangled himself cautiously and stole away through the branches.
William Golding -- Lord of the Flies

disentangled = removed something caught by something else

(Editor's note: The prefix "dis-" in disentangled reverses the meaning of entangled. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.)

We kissed for a while and then lay together listening to The Hectic Glow's eponymous album, and eventually we fell asleep like that, a quantum entanglement of tubes and bodies.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

entanglement = the state of being tangled, or twisted together

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2 —as in:
entangled in local politics

Definition

deeply involve; or intermix with complications or difficulties

I don't want to get entangled in their dispute.

entangled = involved with complications or difficulties

Other Uses (with this meaning)

entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure
Samuel Johnson
Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations...entangling alliances with none.
Thomas Jefferson
Passing such an ambiguously worded law will entangle businesses in uncertainty and law suits.
Once again, she is entangled with a married man.
Katharine has entangled herself with this unknown lawyer;
Virginia Woolf -- Night and Day
If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.
2 Peter 2:20 (NIV)
He was entangled by his own vanity, with as little excuse of love as possible, and without the smallest inconstancy of mind towards her cousin.
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park

entangled = caught up (figuratively)

Loyalties became hopelessly entangled.
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

entangled = complicated

But McCandless never mentioned any romantic entanglements to either Westerberg or Borah.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

entanglements = deep involvements

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