gnarled
adjective
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the old man's gnarled fingers
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Larry introduced us and Jimmie extended a gnarled hand.
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Ted Janes, Outdoor Life, 29 May 2025
Every moment is brimming with whimsical detail, from lacy-white magical threads that are conjured out of thin air, to a giant talking catfish who looks like he’s made out of a colorful patchwork quilt, and glowing azure glass bottles that adorn a gnarled tree, just begging to be plucked.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
But there was nothing much to see: only the bare wall and some gnarled shrubs.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
La Bougie’s Mission Fig This is a delicately perfumed candle that draws its inspiration from an old, gnarled fig tree belonging to the garden of the brand founder’s family home in Tuscany.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Ted Janes, Outdoor Life, 29 May 2025
Every moment is brimming with whimsical detail, from lacy-white magical threads that are conjured out of thin air, to a giant talking catfish who looks like he’s made out of a colorful patchwork quilt, and glowing azure glass bottles that adorn a gnarled tree, just begging to be plucked.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
But there was nothing much to see: only the bare wall and some gnarled shrubs.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
La Bougie’s Mission Fig This is a delicately perfumed candle that draws its inspiration from an old, gnarled fig tree belonging to the garden of the brand founder’s family home in Tuscany.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for gnarled
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“Gnarled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gnarled. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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