knotty
Example Sentences
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Of course, as with any knotty academic question, there are anomalies.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
It’ll go down with knotty LPs by Tori Amos and Fiona Apple that contort classical traditions to tangled, personal ends, and this track sums up her mission beautifully.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
Questions around pediatric use, Ms. Donnellan recognizes, are knotty: How do we balance the “significant health damage” caused by excess weight in childhood with the risks of committing children to long-term drug therapy?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
It’s the latest in a series of knotty characters embraced by Arquette, 57.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
Xan folded her knotty hands together and pressed them to her mouth.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
Vocabulary lists containing knotty
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