gnarled
adjective
Examples of gnarled in a Sentence
the old man's gnarled fingers
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Curving through the gnarled scrub and wind-bent juniper trees, Wildcat Trail loops around the West Mitten formation.
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Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Some lay on the sand, their gnarled roots stripped bare; others pointed jaggedly up at the clouds.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Along the Campuhan Ridge Walk, golden light spills across rice paddies like stairways—while mischievous monkeys chatter in the Sacred Forest Sanctuary—swinging past gnarled banyan roots and ancient statues of Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Towering banyan tree roots spider out like thick, gnarled fingers.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 19 July 2025
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Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Some lay on the sand, their gnarled roots stripped bare; others pointed jaggedly up at the clouds.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Along the Campuhan Ridge Walk, golden light spills across rice paddies like stairways—while mischievous monkeys chatter in the Sacred Forest Sanctuary—swinging past gnarled banyan roots and ancient statues of Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Towering banyan tree roots spider out like thick, gnarled fingers.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 19 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for gnarled
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“Gnarled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gnarled. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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