Entangled
[ɪn'tæŋgld]
Definition
(adj.) twisted together in a tangled mass; 'toiled through entangled growths of mesquite' .
(adj.) involved in difficulties .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Entangle
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Examples
- A dark conspiracy was on foot in the midst of us; and our beloved and innocent friend had been entangled in its meshes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- As that gentleman had his hands entangled in his cravat, he had no alternative but to follow him to the floor. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Every human life is deeply entangled in them, and concerned in their solution. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Entangled with the love of gaiety, organized as commerce, it is literally impossible to follow the myriad expressions it assumes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They gave her SUCH pleasure, as they lay, the three circles, with their knotted jewels, entangled in her palm. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was entangled by his own vanity, with as little excuse of love as possible, and without the smallest inconstancy of mind towards her cousin. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But that my girl should be entangled in the same meshes which held me was more than I could suffer. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She did not mean to have her own affections entangled again, and it would be incumbent on her to avoid any encouragement of his. Jane Austen. Emma.
- My pupil, said Père Silas, if he remains in Europe, runs risk of apostacy, for he has become entangled with a heretic. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Fortunate that your affections were not farther entangled! Jane Austen. Emma.
- When a branch was placed on its face, the vibracula became entangled, and they made violent efforts to free themselves. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The object he had expected to take in tow, floats by, and his own boat tows him dead, to where we found him, all entangled in his own line. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There is a suggestion in some of the drawings of a fence of stakes in which a mammoth seems to be entangled. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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