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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-twahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtwaɪn |
Definition of entwine
Origin :- also intwine, 1590s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + twine (n.). Related: Entwined; entwining.
- verb twist around
- There was a time when the forest did not entwine these ruins.
- Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
- I will entwine my bright sword in myrtle, After the example of Harmodius and Aristogiton.
- Extract from : « Quo Vadis » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Together you will entwine my soul and become as one great love.
- Extract from : « Dreamy Hollow » by Sumner Charles Britton
- Braid your locks with rosy twine; ‘entwine your hair with wreaths of roses.’
- Extract from : « Milton's Comus » by John Milton
- When little tots climb up and entwine their arms about our necks.
- Extract from : « Laugh and Live » by Douglas Fairbanks
- Spirits that entwine one's heartstrings with tender touch, yet are heavier fetters, more oppressive than leaden weights.
- Extract from : « The Social Significance of the Modern Drama » by Emma Goldman
- They entwine garlands around the high pillars, and put wreaths of laurel over the arched windows.
- Extract from : « Nelly's First Schooldays » by Josephine Franklin
- Deep in the mud, where we shall sleep tranquilly, The Lotus will entwine us in her roots and we shall live again in her flowers.
- Extract from : « The Daughter of Heaven » by Judith Gautier
- But the coils she seeks to entwine around her are no iron fetters, but the golden chains of affection and of peace.
- Extract from : « The Earl of Mayo » by William Wilson Hunter
- The vine has uncoiled from its natural support, and the ivy has ceased to entwine the oak.
- Extract from : « The Portland Sketch Book » by Various
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