gnarled
Example Sentences
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This saga’s gnarled roots stretch back to 2020, the year “Promising Young Woman” was released in theaters, and a year worthy of its own case study on its impact on cinema alone.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
They have no gnarled sporting director, they don't have a brains-trust that a club like Celtic should have.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026
Looking at a picture of young Keith, gaptoothed and geeky, beside old Keith, as gnarled as Yoda, is a lesson in the nature of time, in what the years can do.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
Environmentalists warn that development projects threaten the region's unique mix of dunes, pine forests, gnarled cork trees and an endless patchwork of rice fields.
From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025
“There’s a good lad. Now give that to Old Tim, ta-tum, ta-tum, ta-tum,” he murmured as he reached one gnarled hand fearlessly toward the blade.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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