tangled together

Frequency: 6.05.0 per million words

Indicates that two or more things are intertwined with each other.

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Examples (10)

  • The wires got all tangled together in the drawer.
  • Their arms and legs were tangled together in a playful embrace.
  • After the strong winds, the tree branches became hopelessly tangled together.
  • The fishing lines were so tangled together that it was impossible to separate them.
  • She tried to untangle the headphones, but they were firmly tangled together.
  • The roots of the old trees were deeply tangled together beneath the soil.
  • We found the shoelaces tangled together in a complex knot.
  • His thoughts were so tangled together that he couldn't make sense of them.
  • The children's toys often end up tangled together in a big pile.
  • The vines had grown so thick that they were completely tangled together.