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Literary usage of "entangled" often conveys both physical and metaphorical states of disarray or captivity. In some works, it vividly describes tangible scenarios—a character literally caught in a web of obstacles, like a boat ensnared by willow branches [1] or a figure tripping over threads in a chaotic environment [2, 3]. Conversely, the term is equally at home in abstract settings, symbolizing complex emotional or intellectual binds. For instance, it can reflect the intricate snare of moral or personal dilemmas, where a character’s thoughts become inextricably intertwined with another’s [4, 5, 6]. This dual application underlines the word's versatility in enriching both narrative tension and thematic depth.
  1. Our boat had gradually approached the bank and become entangled in the branches of a willow which impeded its progress.
    — from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant
  2. In their fright the women fled to a pavilion, round which they spun spiders’ threads so thickly that Pa-chieh became entangled and fell.
    — from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. Werner
  3. Suddenly his horse took fright, and he was carried with dreadful rapidity through the entangled forest.
    — from The Vampyre; a Tale by John William Polidori
  4. "Knowledge for its own sake"—that is the last snare laid by morality: we are thereby completely entangled in morals once more.
    — from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
  5. Little by little, as their thoughts entangled, they spoke of subjects less remote.
    — from Dubliners by James Joyce
  6. Little by little he entangled his thoughts with hers.
    — from Dubliners by James Joyce

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