How to Use entanglement in a Sentence

entanglement

noun
  • By the end of the episode, the whole entanglement blows up in the trio’s faces.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 July 2021
  • Over time, qubits tend to lose their state and, thus, lose their entanglement.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2019
  • So, where did this entanglement come from?
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Then there’s the risk of entanglement.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
  • All of these entanglements are levers that can be pulled to shift his behavior.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Most whale deaths humans are aware of are caused by boats and entanglement in fishing gear.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Boat strikes and entanglement in fishing gear are the leading killers of right whales.
    — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020
  • An entanglement can kill a whale quickly by drowning it, or over the course of many painful months.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2018
  • And in some cases, entanglement is the point.
    — Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Graham hates tourists, and strictly avoids entanglements with them as a rule.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 June 2020
  • To avoid dangerous entanglements, strong states should do more of this.
    — Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Temika has two children and is in an entanglement with the father of those kids.
    — Christian Hoard, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2021
  • And then there is a string of new romantic entanglements.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 June 2026
  • Researchers blame entanglement in fishing lines and ropes as the main cause of the species’ decline.
    — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2023
  • And the one entanglement that occurred over 20 years ago did not result in a right whale death.
    — Brianna Herlihy, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • And entanglement is what knits the bulk space into a contiguous whole.
    — George Musser, Scientific American, 1 June 2018
  • The new lawsuit is far from the first entanglement the 34-year-old actor has had with the law.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Twenty-two of the entanglements were caused by Dungeness crab gear.
    — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The uptick in gray whale sightings is in line with a general increase in whale entanglements over the years.
    — Katarina Zimmer, National Geographic, 7 May 2018
  • Harris said high winds at the time of the landing contributed to the entanglement.
    — Sam Jane, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • When a cause of death could be determined, all were found to have died from either entanglements in fishing gear or ship strikes.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Quantum entanglement remains one of physics’ strangest ideas.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
  • Snow Cone's first calf was killed by a boat, and the calf born during her entanglement has not been seen since April.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022
  • This was the younger male whale’s first entanglement, the NOAA said.
    — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Each has a ravenous need, the pursuits of which lead to a complex entanglement ending in one’s death.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • One recent study showed that gear made with ropes weak enough for large whales to break could reduce entanglements by 70 percent.
    — NBC News, 12 June 2018
  • And for those who suspect the whole thing is a bubble, well, the latest entanglement is another thing to fret about.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The next shoe to drop will be the entanglement between the Fed and Treasury on the revenue side.
    — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The president who once vowed to avoid foreign entanglements is now flexing his muscles abroad.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Dragging the rope, nursing her calf, and healing from injuries caused by the entanglement could prove too much for the mother whale.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 8 Dec. 2021

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