Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knurls
Noun
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Of course, Macy is not actually spending late nights at the distillery twisting knobs and loading the wash into fermenters.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
14 June 2026 -
Get into a Rivian to date and there’s a lack of buttons, knobs, and toggles.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
11 June 2026
Noun
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This microscopic roundworm lays its eggs in root tissues, causing swellings or galls to develop on infected roots.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 July 2025
Noun
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As a whole, this laptop can handle everyday tasks like browsing and run a few productivity programs at once without software snags.—
Kelsey Fogarty,
PC Magazine,
13 June 2026
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The gold plates effortlessly glided through both my real hair and the clip-ins, straightening them evenly without any snags.—
Essence Wiley,
InStyle,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Plates of chi kyufta, lean raw meat kneaded with bulgur, aromatics and spices, sit alongside enough caviar to accommodate bumps the size of golf balls for 450 guests.—
Ani Duzdabanyan,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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The beads buff away the rough surface, while the AHAs get deeper into the pores to prevent new bumps from forming.—
Cheryl Fenton,
Parents,
14 June 2026
Noun
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Scientists are starting to agree more and more that a bimodal system where there’s two camel humps, instead of two static buckets, is a better reflection of reality, which makes scientific testing extremely complicated.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
26 Mar. 2026
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Detroiters who don't want the speed humps installed along their streets have until April 24 to file an opt-out request.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The high-tops were essentially created as high-top basketball shoes with nubs tailored to astroturf, and a zippered tongue features an additional velcro layer at the top.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
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Ephemera directs the brain to the tiniest concrete nubs of consciousness, calming the quaking mind and bringing us back to ourselves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
Noun
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There’s an entire salad bowl of chocolate mousse, perfectly bitter and rich, and a Paris-Brest the circumference of a tricycle wheel, with enormous puffs of hazelnut mousse and a dripping seam of blackberry jam.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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On TikTok, Photon Matrix posted a video of the device killing the mosquitoes at night and leaving only micro-puffs of smoke behind; the video has been viewed more than 70 million times.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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“Knurls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knurls. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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