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gnarled

[nahrld] / nɑrld /


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Sure, you could try to write this gnarled dynamic into a film.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

With Richards’s gnarled, withering guitar lines and Jagger drawling and declaiming, there’s no mistaking the band behind “Foreign Tongues.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Rangers chairman Andrew Cavenagh spoke last Sunday about the club's need for leaders, ideally Scottish leaders and gnarled professionals.

From BBC May 24, 2026

Platner, with his war record, oyster farmer's gnarled hands, and plain talk, seemed to fit the bill.

From Barron's May 3, 2026

He climbed two limbs up and reached into a gnarled old knot that had doubled as a squirrel’s nest.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King




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