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Recent Examples of gnarly
But what's really cool is how the movie brings those story lines together in a narrative filled with intriguing twists, gnarly kills, heroic sacrifices and a slew of nifty new Predator designs.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Leaving them out of the conversation would’ve been a gnarly oversight.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Three is bent and gnarly (could be either an in-y or out-y) and holds the fire-making equipment wrapped in moss.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
The theme of the 2025 NFL season’s Week 8 was gnarly blowouts from pre-game favorites, with a sprinkling of shock results.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Leaving them out of the conversation would’ve been a gnarly oversight.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Three is bent and gnarly (could be either an in-y or out-y) and holds the fire-making equipment wrapped in moss.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
The theme of the 2025 NFL season’s Week 8 was gnarly blowouts from pre-game favorites, with a sprinkling of shock results.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnarly
Adjective
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Not because the moms themselves are toxic people, but because the dynamic shifts into an ugly place with mean-girl behavior.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Sure, coach Mike Tomlin's teams tend to win ugly games, but not in the playoffs — at least not lately.—
Austin Mock,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Such jars of moldy fruit were probably fairly hideous to consume.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Rodents of Unusual Size that attack Westley in a swamp work because they are played by small men in rodent suits, rather than coolly conjured from pixels; their deliberate artifice is the thrill, and Reiner provided the voice for their hideous snorts.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The medical ordeals are traumatic and disgusting, but fascinating and full of the quirks of modern life.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Having snow, slush, and (eventually) water all over my floors was a disgusting feeling.—
Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano,
The Spruce,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This is going to be a hellish legislative session — again — for many Florida lawmakers.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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Then, in the distance, a camera flash lit up a hellish sight—wreathed in the smoke from village fires, a great black pipe organ, as tall as the houses on either side, heaved and rolled across the square.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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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,
7 Dec. 2025
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The statement infuriated some members of the LGBTQ+ community — a sizable segment of her fan base — for whom Kirk was a loathsome and dangerous figure.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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An innocent fellow named TimMet a zombie quite horrid and grim.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Employing the term evokes a horrid history of institutional abuse against gay people.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But Jere Cordell, of San Diego, swears the beastly carrier USS Nimitz won an impromptu drag race against slender cruisers a half-century ago off Norfolk, Va.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Dec. 2025
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Which is a testament to her incredible ability and power as an actor to be taking on two of the most canonical, beastly parts for women in literature.—
Tessa Thompson,
IndieWire,
30 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Thompson, meanwhile, savors every contemptuous glare and hateful retort Anna regularly supplies.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2026
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At best, both Labour and the Conservatives have spent political capital on an activist who has repeatedly expressed thoughtless and hateful views in public.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Gnarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnarly. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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