gnarled
adjective
Examples of gnarled in a Sentence
the old man's gnarled fingers
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Ruffed grouse are attracted by the fruit of a small, gnarled growth called the Oregon crab apple.
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Worth Matthewson, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
As Simeon and Tupe engaged in soothing effleurage and loudly vigorous tapotement, respectively, six Maori women surrounded their tables and sang folk songs in harmony, guided by an elder in the audience with a long, gnarled cane.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
At the top of the hair cylinder a camp of soldiers gather under gnarled and naked trees sprouted from a Charles E. Burchfield painting, curling over ruinous structures, the moon again, full, in the night sky.
—Andrew Berardini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
Curving through the gnarled scrub and wind-bent juniper trees, Wildcat Trail loops around the West Mitten formation.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Worth Matthewson, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
As Simeon and Tupe engaged in soothing effleurage and loudly vigorous tapotement, respectively, six Maori women surrounded their tables and sang folk songs in harmony, guided by an elder in the audience with a long, gnarled cane.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
At the top of the hair cylinder a camp of soldiers gather under gnarled and naked trees sprouted from a Charles E. Burchfield painting, curling over ruinous structures, the moon again, full, in the night sky.
—Andrew Berardini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
Curving through the gnarled scrub and wind-bent juniper trees, Wildcat Trail loops around the West Mitten formation.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 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 Oct. 2025.
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