How to Use tangle in a Sentence

tangle

1 of 2 verb
Definition of tanglenext
Synonyms for tanglenext
  • The next morning, Tomas is tangled in the sheets of their bed.
    — Vulture, 17 Oct. 2023
  • It’s tangled and worn down across all 10 songs on the album but strong enough not to snap.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Green and Jones got tangled down on the baseline after the play.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2023
  • This isn’t the first time humans and orcas have tangled in the Mediterranean.
    — Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Some hair got tangled in the rollers but came out with a tool easily.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Even the threat of a work stoppage could tangle the nation’s supply chains.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The singer shrugged off a missed note and had to restart after she got tangled in the lyrics, but neither Smith nor the full house seemed to mind.
    — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2023
  • This is a book that’s tangled up in truth, tragedy, destiny and who gets to make choices for whom.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The Bucks’ 7-footer and the 6-9 Lyles exchanged words before Lyles pushed Lopez in the face, and the two tangled all the way to the scorers table.
    — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The bull bolts into the woods, fragments of rope still tangled between its antlers.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The effect of this is dull and frizzy hair that can easily tangle.
    — Casey Clark, SELF, 6 June 2022
  • No one wants to be tangled up in legal troubles, and the scammer knows this all too well.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • If your hair is prone to tangling, toss this product in your toiletry bag.
    — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The two have tangled over their names, foreign policy and more, with no end in sight.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Bigger kids can tangle their lines and stick hooks in their fingers.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Of the whales examined, about 40% were because whales were struck by ships or got tangled in ropes or nets in the water.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
  • My hair was longer than the other boys’, shoulder length, and always tangled.
    — Ariel Nicholson, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Her ponytail tangled painfully in someone’s backpack as the crush forced her out the door.
    — Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Before a Spurs baseline out-of-bounds play, the two got tangled up and Wembanyama fell.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Soon, their lines of work will tangle their fates together.
    — Laura Zornosa, Time, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The cord can also be wrapped around the device in a neat storage design to avoid it getting tangled.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Hair didn’t get tangled in the brush roller on this vacuum, either, which is a plus for pet owners.
    — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Stowing a net in a large plastic bucket out of the sun is good and is a convenient space saver that keeps a net from tangling.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 4 Jan. 2024
  • And as the film progresses, the many threads of plots and ideas get tangled like so many Barbies in a toy box, the jokes turning sour and stinging.
    — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 18 July 2023
  • There is no greater joy than resting your head on a cool-to-the-touch pillow that won't tangle hair or cause facial creasing.
    — Condé Nast, Allure, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The coworkers were unable to get Medina out of the tank due to him being tangled in the suction tube.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The cord itself is super durable and flexible and is long enough to not get tangled up with all the small cords and cables nearby.
    — Tim Chan, Variety, 5 Aug. 2023
  • For those who are already mobile, make sure nothing hangs down that can tangle or trip them up, and check to make sure the hats won't slip down over their eyes.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2023
  • What Could Be Better When storing the broom and dustpan nested, some of the bristles caught and tangled in the comb component.
    — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Parts of the ropes were tangled in trees, looped around branches and underwater — all sorts of things that added to the challenge of following the ropes and bringing the case attached to them back to land.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024
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tangle

2 of 2 noun
  • Who wants to come home at night to a tangle of sheets and pillows on the floor?
    — Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The city’s road network tangles and sprawls for 8,135 lane-miles.
    — Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2024
  • And the playground is lost somewhere in the tangle of metal.
    — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The next few days were a tangle of duties and obligations.
    — Clarence B. Jones, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
  • The next Fed chair will have to parse through a tangle of mixed economic signals.
    — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 22 Nov. 2021
  • No more struggling with a brush or comb that gets stuck in those stubborn tangles!
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
  • That might be partly due to the unique tangles of the desert environment.
    — The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Cat Jarman led me through a dense tangle of forest called Heath Wood.
    — Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Schroeder is thirty-eight, with a tangle of curly hair and a taste for Hawaiian shirts.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The long-stroke spool and one-piece bail fight tangles and promote orderly line lay on the retrieve.
    — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
  • What once emerged as a hopeless tangle now exits the dryer as—get this—an apron.
    — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 25 Oct. 2023
  • There weren’t any tangles and no hair was pulled, and our team thought the results, paired with the price, make this a great option for a lot of different needs.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The deer weaved through a tangle of understory and vanished from sight.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The windows are covered with plywood and the yard is a towering tangle of yellow grass and weeds.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Meanwhile, on the stove, black mustard seeds popped and danced in oil, followed by a tangle of fragrant onions and tomatoes.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Floating on top are rounds of pickled jalapeño, a tangle of raw Maui onions and blistered scallion oil.
    — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The tangle of Omicron spawns—with or without a new parent variant—could make for a rough fall and winter, Ray said.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Across a gurgling brook, up a muddy slope, over mossy tree limbs, through a tangle of brambles and vines, the dogs covered acres of terrain.
    — Bernhard Warner, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Instead of a tangle of unsightly wires, The Frame has only one cable that won’t distract from the art.
    — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2023
  • This idiosyncratic dough is a tangle of flour, sesame oil, soju, honey and spices.
    — Eric Kim, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The property is bound by an eye care company to the south, a residential neighborhood to the east, and a tangle of roads to the north and west.
    — Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The garage was a tangle of rods and equipment, and his car, an old Nissan Altima, reeked lightly of bluefish.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Dogs with long fur may also need conditioner to help keep their fur healthy and tangle-free.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Now, many are struggling to stay afloat, with layoffs and legal tangles mounting.
    — Subrat Patnaik, Bloomberg.com, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Some sea cucumbers are also known to shoot out a tangle of sticky, noodle-like goo from their butts when provoked.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Our tester also struggles with tangles due to coily hair, and had no issues with that after using this mask.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Costumes and scenery — along the back of the stage appears to be a tangle of rocks and wire, like a military fortification — are by Moritz Junge.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • My goal is to have a congruent life so that there there's no tangle, no separation.
    — Karen Walker, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • Because the cuticle is no longer lying flat, your hair looks dull, tangles more easily, and becomes trickier to style.
    — Sophia Panych, Allure, 2 Apr. 2024
  • In the United States, colonial homesteaders often created hedges with Osage orange, a hardy native tree with a tangle of branches and spiky thorns.
    — Kate Morgan, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024

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