knobby

Example Sentences

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Even with the knobby tree root digging into my butt.

From Literature

The giraffe bent its knobby head down and wrapped a purplish tongue around the carrot Nicole was holding.

From Literature

I noticed Old Joseph’s hands were calloused and scarred, as knobby as tree bark.

From Literature

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

“These are nothing more than knobby, ugly, dirty turnips. I asked for beautiful and frightfully expensive tulips.”

From Literature