be entangled
Frequency: 8.015.2 per million words
Used to describe the state of being tangled or involved.
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Examples (10)
- The fishing lines are hopelessly entangled.
- He was entangled in a web of lies from which he could not escape.
- After the merger, the two companies' finances were deeply entangled.
- Be careful not to be entangled in their personal drama.
- The politician is currently entangled in a major financial scandal.
- Her long hair is always entangled after a swim in the ocean.
- The deer was entangled in the fence and struggled to get free.
- In this complex issue, politics and religion are inextricably entangled.
- I don't want to be entangled with that dangerous group of people.
- The ancient tree's roots are entangled with the foundations of the old church.