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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
entwine .
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Examples
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The ingenious plot entwines strands of Irish Republican Army leftovers, disaffected spies, and Islamic terrorists ...
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Ms. Obreht skillfully entwines these tales—there are two main ones—with Natalia's description of her mission to the orphanage and the shantytown.
The Practical And Fantastical Sam Sacks 2011
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And is this even what Rilke meant when he entwines beauty and terror?
G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Great Mosques of the World (Slideshow) G. Roger Denson 2010
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In El Paso, the issue of immigration entwines crucially with another: border security, and the abyss into which El Paso's twin city on the other side of the Rio Grande, Ciudad Juárez – cauldron and kernel of Mexico's drug war – is sinking.
El Paso: the city hears the first battle cries in America's explosive immigration debate 2011
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And is this even what Rilke meant when he entwines beauty and terror?
G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Great Mosques of the World (Slideshow) G. Roger Denson 2010
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And is this even what Rilke meant when he entwines beauty and terror?
G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Great Mosques of the World (Slideshow) G. Roger Denson 2010
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The novel entwines two equally powerful narratives.
Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour: Questions 2009
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Sharon's bass and breathily intoned vocals are often the crux of a song, and sparseness and restraint always the watchwords, with even guest Johnny Marr reining himself in so his guitar sinuously entwines with the bass and synth lines on Can't Put it Down Until it Ends.
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And is this even what Rilke meant when he entwines beauty and terror?
G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Great Mosques of the World (Slideshow) G. Roger Denson 2010
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Hey entwines – Glad you like the wines I recommended!
Some summer wine picks – and Forbes.com | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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