knobby

Example Sentences

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Suddenly the muffin feels like it’s shrugging into a velvet robe and wool slippers, pausing at the window to take in a field of knobby pines.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

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

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2024

On a recent drive north of Sacramento, I spotted a row of knobby peaks that looked more like a children’s book illustration than real-life mountains.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

She neared what had been a promising colony of knobby brain coral, tiny and dome-shaped with undulating ridges.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

Despite Oomen’s knobby build, he was deceptively strong—farm strong like Jesper.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo