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intertwine

[in-ter-twahyn] / ˌɪn tərˈtwaɪn /


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There is no confession and no announcement; Joyce simply comes to realise, as the secrets accumulate and the women's lives intertwine, that her idea of a monogamous marriage has been a sham all along.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Their harmonies intertwine like two gulls in flight.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Romance, on the other hand, implies a unique feeling two people share, a spark that can be nurtured together as their lives intertwine.

From Salon Jun. 4, 2026

Art and domestic life intertwine with each other, inform each other and perhaps support each other more than is at first apparent, leading to an ending that provides a satisfying union of the two realms.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2025

As the remaining curlicues of steam intertwine with the snow, visibility extends just to the end of my barrel.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

The deal further intertwines Musk's sprawling business empire, which already includes carmaker Tesla and social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

From Barron's Feb. 2, 2026

Mr. Brewer intertwines the movie’s two registers brilliantly in an opening scene in which Mr. Jackman does a brief musical performance that doubles as the monologue he delivers to his 12-step group.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 24, 2025

The bold, unconventional “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” intertwines jazz with decolonization in its telling of newfound, fragile Congolese independence during the Cold War.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2025

"But now there's a very direct lineage between local teams, larger structures like the NFL Academy, leagues and how it all intertwines."

From BBC Dec. 28, 2024

In both we miss the great dramatist who looks upon life with a roving eye and intertwines his tale of private woe with the larger tangle of human destiny.

From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Calvin Thomas

Many prominently featured slogans, which were intertwined with suffragette banners and ribbons.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

"Vinted's journey has certainly been intertwined with the broader development of Lithuania's startup ecosystem," said the company's vice president for corporate affairs, Jessie de la Merced, arguing that its presence has had a "multiplier effect".

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

In a memoir, he wrote of how intensely he identified with the character: “Perry and I were intertwined like vines over the same grave.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

The lovers’ intertwined fates are made clear in an unsettling but whimsically life-affirming prologue that presents the moments of their births, one minute apart, in the same hospital.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

He intertwined his fingers and tried to rub out the pain.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar

The themes of “Queen Esther” will be familiar to Mr. Irving’s many readers, who will also recognize his habit of intertwining fiction with personal history.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

The deal would signal a deeper "intertwining" of the government and private businesses in the US, following a trend seen elsewhere in places like China, Mr Nicholson told the BBC.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2025

It felt like mine, this intertwining of fennel and gruyere, two magnificent ingredients, becoming something even better than the sum of the parts.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2025

Duell’s character — a love child intertwining the rival Quartermaine and Corinthos families — was born onscreen in 1997 and was at the center of a heated custody battle since birth.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2024

So indeed was the entire mantelpiece around the fireplace in the living-room, a splendid design of fruit and foliage and intertwining branches carved in oak.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl




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