tangle

Example Sentences

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They were in a horrible tangle but he dragged them along the top until he was well below the waterfall, where he scrambled down the bank with the team almost literally falling on him.

From Literature

At dawn, while we were moving amid tangled brush, I caught a glimpse of animals traveling.

From Literature

A box of drawing pins, an old stapler, a tangled mess of paperclips, a pencil sharpener.

From Literature

I tried to think of what it was, but the wind blew across the field, tangling my hair and pulling at my petticoat.

From Literature

Brooke Day was using a chairlift at Tsugaike Mountain Resort in Otari, Nagano prefecture, when part of her backpack got tangled in the lift, leaving her suspended in midair.

From BBC