entwist

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entwist
Verb
  • Read on for the truth about washing your synthetic braiding hair and how to protect your scalp.
    Essence, Essence, 16 July 2025
  • Synthetic or natural hair extensions are then added and braided into the hair.
    Taylor Bryant, Glamour, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • Another hidden gem, Castello di Velona, offers a delightful stay, tucked behind ancient gates on the commune’s winding roads.
    Jenn Rice, Vogue, 22 July 2025
  • Normally, stators are wound using manual coil insertion or complex lacing machines.
    Joe Salas July 19, New Atlas, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • If your stylist is plaiting your hair too tightly, be vocal and ask them to ease up.
    Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 24 June 2025
  • The various story strands are plaited together so neatly as to become a single braid, with an emphasis on how much these lives interlock as the shelter inmates support each other.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • In the vein of Jim Ford and Tony Joe White, East’s voice is fully formed here, twining country rootstock with soul and gospel so tightly that the traditions feel inseparable, and rightly so.
    Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
  • At his best, McCann does an assiduous, subtle job of twining his metaphors through everyday life.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • Smell is deeply entwined with taste: Taste buds provide us with broad experiences such as salty, spicy and sweet flavors, while the nuances of a caprese salad with balsamic glaze come from the nose.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 3 July 2025
  • The book’s a meld of true crime, memoir and social commentary, but with a mission: to shock readers into a deeper understanding of the American Nightmare, ecological devastation entwined with senseless sadism.
    Hamilton Cain, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • Muncy writhed on the ground in obvious pain before being helped to the clubhouse.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
  • On damp nights, when the wind dies down and the temperature is just so, the fields fairly writhe with the pale, glistening constituents of Lumbricus terrestris surfacing from the depths to feed and mate.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Gran Sasso National Park has trails that weave through medieval villages, crumbling castles, and valleys where wild horses still roam.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2025
  • The new agreement aims to lift these trials out of the margins and weave them more fully into the fabric of government.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
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“Entwist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entwist. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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