knot
Example Sentences
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That feeling can present in many ways — rumination, a knot in your throat or your chest, an unease in your stomach, the tensing of muscles.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
‘There is no clean analog for a disruption of this size moving through such a strategically vital artery, with multiple state actors, military uncertainty and global energy infrastructure all tied into the same risk knot.’
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
After Scotty’s death, Ledger became a staple in Diem’s life, and the budding romance with Kenna tangles everyone into a gnarled knot of low-stakes deception and drama.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
Ship-tracking websites showed the Mayuree Naree just off the Omani coast in the Strait of Hormuz, moving slowly at little more than one knot.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
“When you get your wool tangled in a knot, only the tangler can get it untangled.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Vocabulary lists containing knot
"A Night to Remember," Vocabulary from the history writing
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"A Night to Remember" by Walter Lord
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"Coal" by Audre Lorde
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