Wondering how to use Tangle in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as snarl or twine.
Tangle meaning
- To mix together or intertwine.
- To become mixed together or intertwined.
- To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
Synonyms of Tangle
Using Tangle
- The main meaning on this page is: To mix together or intertwine. | To become mixed together or intertwined. | To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
- Useful related words include: snarl, twine, unravel, knot.
- In the example corpus, tangle often appears in combinations such as: tangle of, tangle with, to tangle.
Context around Tangle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 13 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tangle
- In this selection, "tangle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, must, verdant, same, free, licked and soon stand out and add context to how "tangle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a messy tangle of ambiguous and and bell tangle feet tripping. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tangle" sits close to words such as allspring, aloft and asparagus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tangle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Pictou County Scotians will tangle with the Eskasoni Junior Eagles. (11 words)
The Wranglers and Silver Knights tangle again Saturday at 4 p.m. (12 words)
Any affair I have now would have to be tangle free and well-planned. (14 words)
The tangle of political disputes and shadowy plots that leads to Kel and Lin crossing paths is not only thick enough to make the several hundred pages fly by, it will leave readers eager for a series full of twists and turns. (42 words)
The peas were cooked for only a minute or two then tossed over a snow-white mound of ricotta and thick kefir, to be scooped up with a tangle of pea shoots and crisp new radishes, fat as golf balls. (40 words)
It has the same powerful suction as the Ball Animal 3 (at 290 AW) and comes with the same tangle-free turbine tool, stair tool, and combination tool (you'll have to pay more for extra accessories). (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Another negative consequence was that it became easy for the much longer line to get into a tangle - this was called a 'tangle' in Britain, and a 'backlash' in the US.
Any affair I have now would have to be tangle free and well-planned.
BJP State president K. Surendran cast the latest government’s tangle with the opposition as another bout of shadowboxing with no actual injury to either party.
But instead of being paired with a Florida State team everyone wanted to play following Travis' season-ending injury, Harbaugh's crew must tangle with the sport's hottest team instead.
Clear rivulets of water chattered and burbled from beneath this verdant tangle, licked with streamers of algae and moss and more beautifully arranged than any ornamental garden.
For instance, it was considered foolish to estimate how long a coding task might take, since at any moment the programmer might turn over a rock and discover a tangle of bugs.
In “Alone,” that same setting looks like a tangle of death, where no food can be extracted, no shelter can keep you dry, and predators roam freely around your camp.
It has the same powerful suction as the Ball Animal 3 (at 290 AW) and comes with the same tangle-free turbine tool, stair tool, and combination tool (you'll have to pay more for extra accessories).
Kingpin menaces in the "Echo" trailer, so presumably he's the main baddie that Maya will tangle with.
Millwall began with archetypal aggression, the muscular striker Tom Bradshaw leading from the front and Leeds’s Luke Ayling and Pascal Struijk got in a tangle under such pressure.
No one sat down, one rushed to beat the traffic tangle soon to choke the streets as we emptied the hall.
On second and eight, Morgan and Bell tangle feet, tripping up the latter and touched down for a loss of three, timeout Tampa Bay.
People don’t want to think that the process of settling our legal rules involves a messy tangle of ambiguous arguments that yield uncertain answers.
Satin can change all that in a hurry, leading to healthier hair that’s less likely to snap or tangle as you snooze.
The football world now turns its attention to the conference championship games, with the squaring off with the in the AFC, while the will tangle with the in the NFC.
The peas were cooked for only a minute or two then tossed over a snow-white mound of ricotta and thick kefir, to be scooped up with a tangle of pea shoots and crisp new radishes, fat as golf balls.
The Pictou County Scotians will tangle with the Eskasoni Junior Eagles.
The tangle of political disputes and shadowy plots that leads to Kel and Lin crossing paths is not only thick enough to make the several hundred pages fly by, it will leave readers eager for a series full of twists and turns.
The Wranglers and Silver Knights tangle again Saturday at 4 p.m.
Amazon shoppers have said the the "hype is justified" when it comes to the Tangle Teezer that is suitable for all hair types.
Common combinations with tangle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tangle of 42×
- tangle with 24×
- to tangle 15×
- the tangle 13×
- in tangle 9×
- will tangle 5×
- tangle and 4×
- like tangle 3×
- tangle in 3×
- tangle on 3×