knobby

Example Sentences

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“That’s good,” he said, before pointing a knobby finger at me.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2024

This capable off-roader can be had with knobby all-terrain tires and a high ground clearance to set you up for trips to the mountains, deserts and beaches.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2024

The spike proteins, which form the knobby protrusions coming off the main body of the virus, are like a key that the virus uses to unlock our cells, which is how a new infection begins.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023

On foggy Bay Area mornings, I watch pale light break through the cloud cover and illuminate jewel-like droplets of water condensing on these knobby reeds.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2022

She looked like the victim of a famine—limbs like sticks, swollen knees and knobby elbows, rags for clothes, broken fingernails and toenails.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan