This problem spurred the invention of the regulator to evenly spool the line out and prevent tangling.
This shrub approaches two meters in maximum height, its tangling branches narrowing to spiny-tipped twigs.
What submarine commander would run the risk of tangling with a surface vessel in the belief that, because it is smaller, it must necessarily be a less effective unit?
In attempting to secure a settlement we must avoid tangling the two issues—the issue of the alleged attempt to establish a closed shop and the issue of the industrial dispute.
I must say, after listening to his speech, that it was pretty clear that he played his part in tangling it.
The food industry, like the pharmaceutical industry, is a mighty powerful player and governments don't like tangling with it.
However, we should be tangling ourselves in knots.
Traffic jams form very quickly by the creation of knots of traffic which rapidly lead to a great tangling up.
