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Recent Examples of gnarly
Sure enough, Ray takes the hit like a champ when a mysterious assassin emerges from the shadows and fires a gnarly one off in his leg.
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
Greens are already firm and fast, and the rough is gnarly.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Revisiting the Tome There was one particularly gnarly type of geodesic that kept getting in their way.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
If being alone is the eternal problem, as Sade and Mina seem to acknowledge, love, in all its gnarly reality, is the only way to be truly seen.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
Greens are already firm and fast, and the rough is gnarly.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Revisiting the Tome There was one particularly gnarly type of geodesic that kept getting in their way.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
If being alone is the eternal problem, as Sade and Mina seem to acknowledge, love, in all its gnarly reality, is the only way to be truly seen.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnarly
Adjective
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Compare the first half of Season 15 to Jodie Whittaker’s last outing as the Doctor, and things get uglier.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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The birds' droppings end up on the ground and windows below, creating an ugly scene for staff, branch patrons and passersby walking in the River Market District.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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At dinnertime, the restaurant is busy, but not slammed; the crowd seems to be largely made up of people with beautiful hair and compellingly hideous shoes.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025
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Within the span of a few days, an innocuous speck can turn a loaf of bread from prime sandwich material into a hideous mass of blue-green fuzz—an appetite-killing sight if ever there was one.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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But unfortunately, that also means Big Mouth, the cartoon about all the disgusting, messy parts of growing up from Nick Kroll, must also conclude as well.—
Lucy Ford,
Time,
19 May 2025
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Donning silly British accents, Johansson joins Gardner, Fineman, and Sherman for a disgusting and messy meal.—
Andy Hoglund Updated,
EW.com,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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In this movie, their most formidable foes are a hellish bunch of beasties disguised as a rival boy band.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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Once on the ground, Venera 8 lived for only 63 minutes, which is about what was expected given Venus’s hellish conditions.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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Covino on the other hand plays Paul with a dash of loathsome rich guy energy, that feels like the polar opposite of Carey’s mild nature.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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If going through boxes is a particularly loathsome task, set a timer once a week for 30 minutes to start hacking away one cardboard box at a time.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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During her time on the stand, Ventura recounted horrid details about what allegedly transpired during her relationship with Diddy.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
23 May 2025
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The Hornets are coming off a horrid 2024-25 season.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — Legends of young heroes fighting lions to the death appear in Roman records and artwork, but scant physical evidence of these beastly battles exists.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2025
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This would be a more monumental climb given the beastly nature of the Western Conference.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Orange County Register,
30 Jan. 2025
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Of note: Your Content must not be false, defamatory, misleading or hateful, or infringe any copyright or any other third-party rights or otherwise be unlawful.—
Will Matsuda,
New York Times,
23 May 2025
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The league is focused on four key areas: enhanced technological features to detect hateful comments online; increased emphasis on team, arena and league security measures; reinforcing mental health resources; and alignment of core against hate.—
Doug Feinberg,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2025
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“Gnarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnarly. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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