tangled

He finds himself deeply connecting with these people, young and old, and learning from them, while becoming tangled in their lives.

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave,” Alex says in response to the prosecutor questioning why he lied about his whereabouts on the night of the murders.

So far the float had only gone down when her line tangled in seaweed, or because a sea crab had nibbled at the bait until there was only a thread of gristle left.

For there, in the unsteady light, was Lord Fredrick Ashton himself, tangled in cobwebs that he tried in vain to bat away.

Lady Constance yelled as she rolled on the grass, for what was left of her dress was tangled all ’round her.