gnarled

Example Sentences

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This saga’s gnarled roots stretch back to 2020, the year “Promising Young Woman” was released in theaters, and a year worthy of its own case study on its impact on cinema alone.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

They have no gnarled sporting director, they don't have a brains-trust that a club like Celtic should have.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Firefighters used an excavator to remove broken glass and gnarled metal strewn across the site as policemen with pump-action rifles patrolled on motorbike to prevent looting.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

Looking at a picture of young Keith, gaptoothed and geeky, beside old Keith, as gnarled as Yoda, is a lesson in the nature of time, in what the years can do.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

With that, she aimed a gnarled wand in Jack’s direction, shouted a magic word, and shot a bolt of lightning straight at him.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley