become entangled
Frequency: 7.512.8 per million words
Indicates the process of starting to be tangled or involved.
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Examples (10)
- The fishing lines had become hopelessly entangled in the propeller.
- He became entangled in a complex web of legal disputes.
- The small company quickly became entangled in the financial problems of its larger partner.
- She tried to keep things professional, but soon became romantically entangled with her colleague.
- Be careful, or you will become entangled in office politics.
- The deer became entangled in the wire fence and couldn't escape.
- My headphone wires always seem to become entangled in my pocket.
- The politician became entangled in a scandal that ultimately ruined his career.
- As a young journalist, he became entangled with a dangerous group of informants.
- The country became entangled in a foreign war it could not win.