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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,
14 Jan. 2026
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Many quite authentic Natives were targeted for banishment, and the ugly infighting their work inspired was covered widely—by the standards of Indian affairs—in the American media, which saw the battles as part of the larger identity wars raging across the nation in the new millennium.—
David Treuer,
The Atlantic,
13 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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But a chance encounter with the hellish Hessian at the moment of his beheading lights a fire in Sarah, giving her the power to overcome those who have wronged her and grow into a fearsome witch.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Jan. 2026
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The wrinkle in this case is that many remember 2016 both as a hellish tragedy and the last gasp of anything like normality.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
18 Jan. 2026
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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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Not signing Calais Campbell — or finding an adequate replacement — led to the horrid run defense that contributed to the 0-3 start.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
5 Jan. 2026
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Looking horrid while wearing yellow as of late?—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
5 Dec. 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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His new one tells the story of a young woman sent from the afterlife to guide a hateful oil baron through the process of dying — and what comes next.—
Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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Increasingly common, but not commonplace Greller describes threats and hateful rhetoric as a big problem that's becoming more frequent, but not commonplace.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Gnarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnarly. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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