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Recent Examples of gnarly
The gnarly midday traffic heading north to Broward and pouring rain did nothing to dampen his mood.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
Modern technology lets pitchers experiment with grips and spins to create gnarly movement and ambush batters with off-speed action.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Cache Bayou Outfitters geared us up for a 90-minute float beneath the gnarly trees—some of which have held court here for a millennium.
—Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 15 May 2026
The gnarly riffs and polished guitar tones across last year’s Bees in the Bonnet occasionally leaned into the jazzy or minimal, but the overarching sheen was of a retro rock machismo.
—Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
Modern technology lets pitchers experiment with grips and spins to create gnarly movement and ambush batters with off-speed action.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Cache Bayou Outfitters geared us up for a 90-minute float beneath the gnarly trees—some of which have held court here for a millennium.
—Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 15 May 2026
The gnarly riffs and polished guitar tones across last year’s Bees in the Bonnet occasionally leaned into the jazzy or minimal, but the overarching sheen was of a retro rock machismo.
—Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnarly
Adjective
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Both state and church are also known for failing to live up to those ideals, for permitting indefensible abuses, for ugly histories.—
Joe Mathews,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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Everyone's favorite hideous ogre and delusional donkey are finally reunited.—
Derek Lawrence,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
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This is a hideous colour, the sort that shouldn’t be seen anywhere other than on someone helping kids cross the road near a school.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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Get a room, this is disgusting!—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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And, to me, there’s nothing more disgusting than an airplane bathroom.—
Carita Rizzo,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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It’s been a hellish week across South Florida.—
Kairi Lowery,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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Others have been wounded, detained by military forces or stuck at sea in hellish conditions.—
Joanne Stocker,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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Platner is loathsome in so many ways.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2026
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Assayas’s aesthetic is too genteel to even imagine the specifics of loathsome doctrines.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Adam’s been shuttled off to Earth along with the coveted Sword of Power in the aftermath of evil Skeletor (Jared Leto, having a great time in the part) and his horrid denizens taking over his home planet and imprisoning his parents.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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There’s plenty of blame to go around for the Cubs’ horrid stretch.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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There must have been something in the air—in addition to the beastly heat and humidity—in Paris these past two weeks.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
7 June 2026
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The wonderful World of Eternia is positively brimming with heroic warriors, courageous robots, strange mutants, nefarious necromancers, beastly companions, and the coolest command post under the sun, Castle Greyskull.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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On Sunday, June 14, UFC fighter Josh Hokit took the opportunity after his win on the White House lawn to repeat a hateful lie about the former first lady.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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Authorities suspect Mullis placed antisemitic flyers showing hateful symbols such as a noose, a swastika and imagery associated with the German Nazi Party.—
Maveah Griffith
June 12,
Charlotte Observer,
12 June 2026
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“Gnarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnarly. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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