How to Use tangled in a Sentence

tangled

adjective

• Nick Young and Westbrook got tangled and fell in the process.
  — Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 26 Feb. 2018
• For years now, the saga of bitcoin has been a tangled tale.
  — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 15 May 2018
• Some of its tangled roots grow out of the horror genre.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2020
• The tangled cord of its earphones shivered with the motion of the car.
  — Madhuri Vijay, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2022
• Watch the video below to learn how: Choose short strands to avoid tangled lights.
  — Michelle Manetti, House Beautiful, 11 Dec. 2017
• Ultimately, the pot should be about the same size as the tangled mass of roots.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2024
• But getting to one is a tangled process that can take days, if not weeks.
  — New York Times, 22 June 2018
• And the web of loyalty gets even more tangled from there.
  — Nick Bilton, The Hive, 13 Apr. 2018
• The belt had become tangled around the child’s neck, Simmons said.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al.com, 28 June 2019
• Oh what a tangled web the Spider-verse is turning out to be!
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 31 July 2023
• The tangled shape, known as an i-motif, can fold and unfold.
  — latimes.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• The latter can send you into a snag and lead to a tangled mess in short order.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2021
• As the case unfolded, so did Pan’s tangled web of lies.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
• Shop for bare roots: Choose plants with pliable roots that are not too tangled.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• There will be a tangled little piece of drama to sort out.
  — Philly.com, 1 Aug. 2017
• Four episodes in, the show has woven a tangled web of secret plots and shape-shifting Skrulls.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 14 July 2023
• Would black Justin Bieber reappear like a unicorn in the forest of our tangled lives?
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2018
• Instead, buoys were launched -- but the lines became tangled.
  — Jeanne Bonner, CNN, 2 Nov. 2019
• Good noodles, too, thick and tangled with a firm bite, and a solid value at $9.50.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2018
• Meanwhile, the koru is both the name of a fern found in the country, and the term used to describe a loop that never becomes tangled.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Oct. 2018
• The tangled history of nukes and space is again resurfacing, just up the road from the Redstone test stand.
  — Wired, 27 Sep. 2019
• This may sound a bit tangled, but the film is in fact quite simple in narrative design, which is all for the best.
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 14 May 2021
• Like the e-scooter wars, the ride-hailing wars are just as tangled and confusing.
  — Polina Marinova, Fortune, 13 June 2018
• Shocking stuff, but once the war was finished, the tan lines were destined to become more tangled yet.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 6 July 2018
• But, for tangled reasons, this rare event is playing out right now.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2021
• The players pulled each other into a tight group hug, a tangled mass of long arms and teenage laughter.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2023
• The tangled web of bank accounts had given him sleepless nights.
  — Parth M.n., Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• In one apartment block, rescuers found rooms filled with tangled bodies and the stench of chlorine.
  — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2018
• In the tangled web of Utah liquor laws, there is one oasis of simplicity: The airport.
  — Erin Alberty, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024
• Within days, the siblings find themselves in a tangled web of clues, red herrings and self-consciously heavy-handed chess metaphors.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024