Example Sentences

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She found herself drawn to “the tanglement of ontologies, the dialogue between worlds” — intriguing ideas, or that’s what she told herself.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021

Recollection followed puzzlement on his yet unguarded face; he passed his fingers through his tousled hair, making further tanglement.

From Stepsons of Light by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

Think not thy wisdom can illume away The ancient tanglement of night and day.

From Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn by Hearn, Lafcadio

Rough was the wood; a thicket-place where black holm-oaks abound, And with the tanglement of thorns choked up on every side, The road but glimmering faintly out from where the foot-tracks hide.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

I began to see some of the tanglement of nature, and appreciate the solemn mystery of our travel across this vexed and care-warped world.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil