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adjective

interlacing

linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing

In a sentence

Six example sentences with interlacing, each labelled with its topic.

  • The dome stands on interlacing brick courses, every row biting into its neighbors so the shell behaves as a single piece.

    Architecture

  • Celtic manuscript borders are built from interlacing ribbons that cross over and under each other with no beginning anyone can find.

    Art

  • Bramble stems grow into an interlacing thicket that a fox can pass through but a walker cannot.

    Environment

  • The fugue's two interlacing voices cross each other so often that the ear loses track of which one began.

    Music

  • The novel follows three families whose interlacing stories cross at a wedding, a funeral and a single shared house.

    Literature

  • Under the microscope the skin's deeper layer shows interlacing bundles of collagen, each fiber locked against its neighbors for strength.

    Medicine

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