intwining

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"It is a headache," said Marguerite, kindly but firmly lifting away the intwining arms.

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  • "It is a headache," said Marguerite, kindly but firmly lifting away the intwining arms. —  Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana
  • Then, intwining arms with a bright sylphid, she flew with her over the gardens in a trance of delight. —  Fairy Book
  • Creepers that look like scarlet honeysuckles, and flowering vines of every variety of colour, hang in bright garlands and festoons, intwining the boughs of the trees; adorning, but not concealing the masses of bare rock and the precipitous crag that frowns amidst all this luxury of vegetation. —  Life in Mexico
  • "I shall now have the shooprame bliss," said Mr. Macshane, with much feeling, as he lifted Mr.. Hayes from the saddle --- "the shooprame bliss of intwining two harrts that are mead for one another. —  Catherine: a Story
 

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