as in weaved
to twist together into a usually confused mass
the extension cords were hopelessly knotted together
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Recent Examples of knotted
Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Director Michael Chaves, in a much more successful and affecting fashion than his previous outputs for the franchise, builds a tightly knotted tension through effective foreshadowing and with several complex Rube Goldberg machines.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
With the score now knotted, Saginaw continued its strong defense and then took the lead on another long run by Irvin.
—Pat Wheeler, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Still, the vessel captain was able to maneuver around them, and rescuers began cutting away at the knotted fishing line.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Director Michael Chaves, in a much more successful and affecting fashion than his previous outputs for the franchise, builds a tightly knotted tension through effective foreshadowing and with several complex Rube Goldberg machines.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
But evidently these stories have stuck with me, too, achingly knotted into the threads holding my heart together.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
With the score now knotted, Saginaw continued its strong defense and then took the lead on another long run by Irvin.
—Pat Wheeler, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knotted
Verb
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Office furniture and bags of tea were strewn along the Swannanoa River and left tangled in trees.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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Opponents of the Houston South Project, who have been tangled up in a legal battle with the United States Forest Service since 2020, say this ruling is a meaningful step in the right direction.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Zendaya was the silver star of the show in a knotty mini-dress with fur cuffs and collars.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Many of the struggles that children face—obesity, isolation, mental-health challenges—are knotty problems without easy answers.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Inside the stadium, the crowd was a bit sparse for opening acts Wisdom Indian Dancers — introduced and joined onstage by country singer and later performer Margo Price — and Madeline Edwards as attendees worked their way through the snarled traffic around the stadium and blocks-long entrance lines.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
21 Sep. 2025
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Over the course of three days, the rescue team worked to cut away the snarled ropes, with video capturing their approach to the whale in a small boat.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Along the way, Juano offered bits of mountaineering history and recounted legendary first ascents of the jagged peaks surrounding us.—
Scott Yorko,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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Karst formations, a porous rock, stick out as jagged protrusions in between lush forest and provide plenty of places for small creatures to hide.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In the following years, MSF provided chelation to thousands of children and the government and community organizations undertook the complex job of environmental remediation, laying fresh soil over acres of contaminated land to prevent continued poisoning.—
Tom Frieden,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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What stores carried the possibly contaminated shrimp?—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Since Buzzard's Roost opened in 2023, the staff has experienced unexplained broken glasses, books falling off the shelf and many elevator and electronic glitches.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Wednesday night attack at the apartment in the 2800 block of Corabel Lane began as an argument between the husband and wife over a broken personal computer tablet, officials said.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The stunning Spiaggia di Frontone, a pebbly crescent of clear water framed by rocks, is easily reached by taxi boat from the port.—
Nicky Swallow,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Roval always provides a challenge Many parts of the track are particularly bumpy.—
Shane Connuck
October 3,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Oct. 2025
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There are other Mets coaches whose jobs could certainly be in question this winter, most notably hitting coach Eric Chavez, but Sherlock became the first to officially move on after a bumpy season.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Knotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knotted. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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