Inextricable

inextricable

adjective in·ex·tri·ca·ble \ˌi-nik-ˈstri-kə-bəl, (ˌ)i-ˈnek-(ˌ)stri-\
: impossible to separate : closely joined or related
a : incapable of being disentangled or untied
b : not capable of being solved

A Rose for Emily By William Faulkner Final Part 2nd to Last Paragraph

For a long while we just stood there, looking down at the profound and fleshless grin. The body had apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace, but now the long sleep that outlasts love, that conquers even the grimace of love, had cuckolded him. What was left of him, rotted beneath what was left of the nightshirt, had become inextricable from the bed in which he lay; and upon him and upon the pillow beside him lay that even coating of the patient and biding dust.

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What was left of him, rotted beneath what was left of the nightshirt, had become difficult to move from the bed in which he lay…

 

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