as in to curl
to follow a circular or spiral course
the snake silently twined around the tree trunk
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Recent Examples of twine
Nyoni wisely subtitles the whole film so that even non-Zambians can be immersed in this twining stream of words without worrying too much about the switching currents.
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Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Think tall plants with large, dramatic leaves and twining vines that can climb up a shelf or spill out of a container.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
Plants grow as a twining vine that benefits from an arbor or trellis for support.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
Gaffney leads me to the spinning room to witness a blur of threads rapidly twining around spinning cones.
—Shane C Kurup, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
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Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Think tall plants with large, dramatic leaves and twining vines that can climb up a shelf or spill out of a container.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
Plants grow as a twining vine that benefits from an arbor or trellis for support.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
Gaffney leads me to the spinning room to witness a blur of threads rapidly twining around spinning cones.
—Shane C Kurup, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for twine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twine
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Cyrus pulled her dark brown tresses into the half-up, half-down hairdo, leaving her short, thick fringe flat against her forehead while longer side pieces curled in front of her ears.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
22 July 2025
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When the sun comes out, so does the French curl braiding hair.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
22 July 2025
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Her long brown hair is coiled into a bun atop her head, and a thick wall of bangs grazes the edge of her straight eyebrows.—
Julie Kim,
The Atlantic,
9 July 2025
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Meanwhile, a Central Texas woman was bitten by a rat snake coiled under her toilet seat in December.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 July 2025
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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
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Normally, stators are wound using manual coil insertion or complex lacing machines.—
Joe Salas
July 19,
New Atlas,
19 July 2025
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“Twine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twine. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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