Example Sentences

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They were also playing without their best receiver, DK Metcalf, who’d received a two-game suspension for tangling with a fan in Detroit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

It’s the risk of tangling their expectations and desires, and the fear that their hunger to stay together might get in the way of their separate futures.

From Salon • May 21, 2025

There’s a school of thought that, in tangling with adversaries, it’s sometimes wise to seem unpredictable—to tip them off balance.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2025

Williams started opening residential facilities in the San Fernando Valley to care for patients in the 1980s, at times tangling with Medi-Cal officials who raised concerns about regulatory requirements.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2024

It keeps tangling around my shoes so, of course, I hitch it up, and then Effie swoops down on me like a hawk, smacking my hands and yelling, "Not above the ankle!"

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins