How to Use untangle in a Sentence

untangle

verb

• He untangled the garden hose.
• She carefully untangled the child's hair.
• Noah, 7, likes to drive the four-wheeler and, in the skiff, help untangle salmon from the net.
  — Miranda Weiss, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2021
• While this bought the man enough time to begin untangling the leash, the bear came back and bit the dog.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2018
• Here are some of the writers who have done the best job of untangling all of the issues at play.
  — Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, 17 Jan. 2018
• The teams had to untangle a braided rope, hook a sled with balls, and then land the balls in a basket.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2022
• East will play low, and then South can’t untangle all his tricks and will fail.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2019
• Gently message the roots of the plant to remove any loose dirt and untangle the roots.
  — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
• The two made a plan to put on gloves and throw a couple of garments over them and try to untangle their talons.
  — Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2019
• The acquaintance was kind enough to shelter the dog while Leonard untangled the red tape.
  — Leanne Italie, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2017
• In the winter of 2013, Jay spent an hour each week untangling his thoughts with a counselor.
  — Casey Parks, OregonLive.com, 28 July 2017
• Others simply stared at it and tried to untangle the words.
  — Elissa Miolene, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Aug. 2022
• For those roses, untangle the shrub, but be sure to leave plenty of the older wood.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• When the two untangled after the sack, Francois stayed on the ground, holding his left knee.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 3 Sep. 2017
• But with the killer inching ever closer to home, Jeanette and the team are in a race against time to untangle the web of secrets.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
• These are a few of the many areas where the HELP committee can untangle this knot.
  — Bill Cassidy, STAT, 5 July 2023
• The officer found a push broom and started using it untangle the leash from the shrub.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2021
• But where most war games are grounded in conflict, few spare the time to untangle the many other facets of war.
  — Jack Yarwood, Washington Post, 6 July 2020
• The government had to untangle who owned a small tract of land in Rivas’ case.
  — T. Christian Miller, Propublica, Kiah Collier and Julian Aguilar, star-telegram, 14 Dec. 2017
• Thankfully, there are no dancing elves on the lawn and no strings of lights to untangle.
  — Greg Garrison, AL.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• The upshot is that the fight might take months or more to untangle, and could lead to litigation.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2017
• While untangling the impact of the clause may be a bit of a sticky wicket, that’s not the only legal question.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 5 Oct. 2019
• With challenges like untangling an 80-pound ball of lights and having to act and ice skate at the same time, every episode is a gift.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 22 Nov. 2024
• If it can be done safely, untangle the line if it is wrapped around the saw and remove as much of the line as possible.
  — Ed Killer, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2022
• The whole damn dirty deal is one great writhing ball of poisonous snakes and Mueller seems to be perilously close to untangling it.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 5 Mar. 2018
• Hill untangled the lines, and by the next morning, Harris and Lofberg were brought safely back to shore.
  — Kayla Epstein, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2019
• Lessons of all sorts were being taught Saturday — how to bait, how to wait, how to cast, how to untangle lines.
  — Beth Bragg, Alaska Dispatch News, 25 June 2017
• But the data’s still very messy, and researchers are scrambling to untangle it.
  — Mario Aguilar, STAT, 27 Aug. 2022
• One of the first things Trump can do in office is secure the border and begin to untangle our messy immigration process.
  — Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
• Always inspect and untangle the light strands before storing.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Feb 2025