tangle
Example Sentences
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Some of these effects are frieze-like; others suggest a play of stark silhouettes or a calculated tangle of angular limbs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Maybe it’s a drizzle of special vinegar, a pat of cultured butter softening into gloss or a tangle of pickled vegetables with just enough bite.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
She writes from a place that’s a tangle of personal struggle, accountability and owning the pain.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
“Charge my phone?” asked another, and Gil submitted the device into a tangle of cords growing from a surge protector.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
From our hiding spot, I could see out through the tangle of statue legs to the spot where we’d just been sitting.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing tangle
"Of Mice and Men"
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Excerpt from "Flipped"
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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